(openPR) - New York/Stuttgart – Case-Based Nuclear Medicine, Second Edition, recently published by Thieme, presents the latest information on the field of nuclear medicine in a highly visual, case-driven format. The book has been updated to include the latest technology used for nuclear imaging, including the latest cardiac and PET/CT imaging systems.

"This book focuses on the common presentations of diseases, and describes the findings in a manner that will allow the reader to understand how images are affected by normal physiology and by disease,” says author Dr. Kevin Donohoe, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. "The reader should then be able to apply that knowledge when encountering the innumerable variations in scan findings seen in the daily practice of medical imaging.”

The authors launch each case in this completely expanded edition with a clinical presentation and follow with concise patient histories, as well as imaging findings and differential diagnoses. Bullet-pointed pearls and pitfalls emphasize key points. To facilitate self-assessment, Case-Based Nuclear Medicine cases are presented as “unknown” cases requiring readers to develop their own differential diagnosis.

Case-Based Nuclear Medicine, an image-based approach to nuclear medicine, offers residents, fellows and clinicians a user-friendly atlas that's perfect for cramming for exams, preparing for rounds or using as a quick reference.

In addition, readers receive a scratch-off code that provides access to a full year of RadCases’ online database of 250 nuclear medicine cases.

About the Authors

Kevin J. Donohoe, MD, Staff Physician, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Associate Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Radiology residency program, Boston; and Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Annick D. Van den Abbeele, MD, Chief of Department of Imaging, Founding Director of the Center of Biomedical Imaging in Oncology, and Director of Nuclear Medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

About Thieme

Thieme Publishing Group is a privately held scientific and medical publishing house employing more than 950 people and maintains offices around the world in cities such as New York, Delhi, Stuttgart and three other locations in Germany. Founded in 1886, the Thieme name has become synonymous with high quality and excellence in medical and scientific publishing. Today, Thieme is the market leading publisher of neurosurgical content and holds strong market positions in orthopedics, radiology, anatomy and chemistry, among other specialties. Thieme publishes 137 peer-reviewed journals and over 500 new books annually. The company also has a rapidly growing array of web-based products in medicine and science. State-of-the-art online products include Thieme eJournals, Thieme E-Book Library, the medical student website WinkingSkull.com and Thieme Teaching Assistant, an innovative web-based platform for faculty. For more information about Thieme visit thieme.com.

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