Stedman's Radiology Words, Sixth Edition provides fast and easy access to terminology related to imaging and nuclear medicine, including diagnostic, therapeutic, and interventional radiology; abdominal, chest, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and skeletal imaging; CT, MRI, PET, and SPECT imaging; mammography; ultrasound; x-ray; neuroradiology; roentgenology; investigational radiology; radiographics; and contrast materials. Over ten percent of the terms included in this edition are new, obtained by the review of respected journals, catalogs, textbooks, and Websites. This Sixth Edition is also be available as a CD-ROM or a downloadable file.

The Fifth Edition of Stedman's Radiology Words has over 110,000 words and terms (over 2,400 more terms than the previous edition), including accurate and current terminology related to procedures, techniques, drugs, and tests, as well as abbreviations, jargon, and variants. Coverage includes key terms related to CT, MRI, PET and SPECT imaging, mammography, ultrasonography, x-ray, neuroradiology, and radiographics. This edition contains new appendices on common breast imaging terms and common radiographic imaging techniques and fully updated appendices including anatomical illustrations; contrast media, imaging agents, and related substances; common radiation oncology terms; sample reports and dictation; and common terms by procedure.

This resource contains up-to-date terminology in oncology-related topics, including chemotherapy, radiation oncology, surgical therapy, molecular cell biology, gynaecologic oncology, tumours and anti-cancer drug names. The number of terms has increased significantly since the last edition, and the appendices feature updated illustrations, drugs by indication and sample reports. In addition, the chemotherapy protocols and cancer classifications have been updated. Entries are fully cross-referenced for quick access, and the extensive A-Z list provides variant spellings and phrasings for many terms.

This book "offers an authoriative assurance of quality and exactness to the wordsmiths of the healthcare professions - medical transcriptionists, medical editors and copyeditors, health information management personnel, court reporters, and the many other users and producers of medical documentation." - page xi.