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Ten years have passed since writing the first edition of this book. While the anatomy of the human body has not changed, our ability to image it has advanced considerably in these ten years. Advances, particularly in MR imaging and its wider availability, mean that radiologists, radiographers and all those who look at images need now, more than ever, to understand basic anatomy. Anatomical knowledge of some areas, such as the hippocampus and detailed angiographic anatomy, has moved from the arena of the subspecialist radiologist to the generalist radiologist over these last ten years. As before, the aim of this book remains an attempt
to cover traditional anatomy as a basis for radiological anatomy of the whole body, using all relevant imaging
modalities. The organization of the book is unchanged, with an initial traditional anatomical description of each organ or system followed by the radiological anatomy of that part of the body using all the relevant imaging modalities. Each section is illustrated, as before, with line diagrams, radiographs, angiograms, ultrasound, CT or MR images, as appropriate. This second edition, however, has been entirely rewritten.
New sections have been added, some sections have been expanded, many images have been added or replaced and a few sections are given less emphasis or omitted altogether. The changes reflect the ever greater ability of imaging to depict normal anatomy. We have incorporated a new author, Stephen Eustace,
an accomplished musculoskeletal radiologist who has rewritten the spinal and limb chapters with special emphasis now on MRI musculoskeletal images. We received feedback on our popular first edition from
all over the world and have incorporated many suggestions into this edition. The authors have moved from being recent candidates for radiological examinations in the UK, Ireland and USA to being experienced radiologists, each in different clinical specialities. We all teach regularly and remain in contact with the needs of the examination candidates in a wide variety of medical disciplines. We hope that this clinical experience is reflected in the content of the text and the choice of images in this new edition. We hope that the new edition continues to be of use to radiologists and radiographers both in training and in practice, and to medical students, physicians and surgeons and all who use imaging as a vital part of patient care.
Our greatest satisfaction comes from seeing dog-eared, well-thumbed copies of this book on shelves, in viewing rooms and beside monitors.
