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Brigham and Women's Hospital Handbook of Diagnostic Imaging. Ed. by B. J. McNeil and H. L. Abrams, pp. 342, 1986 (Little, Brown and Co., Boston and Toronto), £15.40. ISBN 0–316–56322–6

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This pocket-sized compendium is a distillation of current radiological practice at a transatlantic centre of excellence. The approach is problem orientated, taking 62 clinical situations as the starting point. The diagnostic work-up of each problem is outlined by an algorithm to a point where investigation is complete. Brief comments enlarging on the role of each examination to the particular clinical situation, including its drawbacks, are followed by data on its sensitivity and specificity. The contribution of magnetic resonance imaging is included and, finally, there is a list of key references for each problem.