| Summary: | Radiology Illustrated: Spine is an up-to-date, superbly illustrated reference in the style of a teaching file that has been designed specifically to be of value in clinical practice. Common, critical, and rare but distinctive spinal disorders are described succinctly with the aid of images highlighting important features and informative schematic illustrations. The first part of the book, on common spinal disorders, is for radiology residents and other clinicians who are embarking on the interpretation of spinal images. A range of key disorders are then presented, including infectious spondylitis, cervical trauma, spinal cord disorders, spinal tumors, congenital disorders, uncommon degenerative disorders, inflammatory arthritides, and vascular malformations. The third part is devoted to rare but clinically significant spinal disorders with characteristic imaging features, and the book closes by presenting practical tips that will assist in the interpretation of confusing cases. The second edition is covering updated knowledge about spine imaging interpretation, such as disc nomenclature version 2.0, AO classification for spine trauma, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, covid-19 vaccine related spine disorders, etc. In addition, new edition show a lot of highly qualified spine imaging obtained by recently developed CT and MR machine of high-end technology. A lot of interesting cases representing characteristic imaging features is newly included in the third part.
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