PocketRadiologist: Gynecology: Top 100 Diagnoses PocketPC by Hedvig Hricak, Susan Ascher, and Caroline Reinhold
ElsevierScience, St. Louis, 2003, $83.95
This software version of PocketRadiologist is in keeping with previous offerings in this series. The information is succinct, well organized, and covers important clinical, pathologic, and radiographic topics in good detail. This software is well suited for residents with its generally high-yield presentation of facts.
Installation and use is straightforward with diagrams that go through the process step-by-step, for both the home PC and Pocket PC. There was one glitch with the registration number as I installed the software, but I called technical support and knowledgeable support staff remedied the problem in less than three minutes.
The diagnoses are divided into several topics: neoplasm (primary and metastatic), therapy- related lesions, congenital, inflammatory, infection, normal variants, pseudolesions, and miscellaneous. Pelvic neoplasms are particularly well covered.
Each diagnosis is further broken down into sections labeled key facts, imaging findings, differential diagnoses, clinical information, and pathology. There is a tab for references, which directs you to excellent resources that are generally current and practical. Many references were to articles in the journal RadioGraphics.
The imaging findings section covers all relevant modalities and gives useful imaging recommendations. The images are high quality and load quickly. The MR and ultrasound images are excellent with arrows or asterisks that highlight the findings. Many of the diagnoses are accompanied by helpful, computer-generated graphics models.
Overall, the diagnoses are well represented. The software is easy to use by residents during board or conference preparation, or clinicians wishing to correlate imaging findings.
For those people who like textbooks, it requires getting used to the software. While the format is convenient, at times, looking at the small screen can be somewhat confining.
By Dr. E. John MadarangAuntMinnie.com contributing writer
September 27, 2004
Dr. Madarang is a fourth year resident at Aurora Healthcare/St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI.
The opinions expressed in this review are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of AuntMinnie.com.
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