Brogdon's Forensic Radiology

This book has everything a general radiologist or technician needs to have an idea about forensic imaging and the current uses of it. Paper quality is a bit less than your average radiology textbook (i.e. not glossy expensive paper) but pictures are well chosen and have good quality. Most of the book is centered on X rays, with a chapter about virtual imaging that includes information about postmortem CT and MRI (most of its content is akin to what you can find in The Virtopsy Approach, since author/editor worked on both books). There's a chapter about equipment and radiation protection as well as on radiographic positioning that seems redundant since it can be found in almost every radiology book, so they seem like fillers, in my opinion. For a subject so interesting you would expect the authors to write about it and not about what's considered basic in radiology. I wish the 3D scanning or even the chapter about imaging of mummies and antiques were longer. Overall, it's a good buy if you are a general radiologist or resident who intends to become familiar with basic concepts and current use of techniques, especially since we don't get a specific training on forensic imaging and, as you'll read, forensic radiology is not the same as clinical radiology.

Served me well. 24 credits in 1 day with this rental book and test for ARRT.

The Bible of forensic radiology. Pity it does not include anything about aviation disaster forensics at all. Overall a great book.

TABLE 8.3 (continued) Equations to Estimate Living Stature (cm)—with Standard Errors—from the Long Bones of American Whites and Negroes between 18 and 30 Years of Age (chapter 8 table)SUCH DISAPPOINTING WORDINGS SHAME ON THE PUBLISHERS FOR NOT UPDATING THEIR LANGUAGE.J., Michael. Brogdon's Forensic Radiology, Second Edition (p. 105). CRC Press. Kindle Edition.

This is the post pretentious and condescending textbook I've ever read. The author takes it upon himself to talk down to the reader the whole time and it's exceedingly frustrating. Not to mention the weird (and wildly unsuccessful) attempt in chapter four where he tries to convince the reader he's not being sexist.Unfortunately, I have a digital copy of this book, which is a shame because when I don't need this book for class anymore, I can't throw it in a fire.