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A Patient's Guide to Nuclear Medicine Procedures: English-Spanish
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Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
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September 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Society of Nuclear Medicine Sep 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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A Patient's Guide to Nuclear Medicine Procedures: English-Spanish J.C. Mas Reston, VA: SNM, 2008, 88 pages, $99
A Patient's Guide to Nuclear Medicine Procedures: English-Spanish, by Juan Mas, is a flip-chart book containing over 35 common nuclear medicine procedures explained in layperson's terms. As the title indicates, the descriptions are in both English and Spanish.
I found the book to give an appropriately worded general but complete description of each procedure. I particularly liked the descriptions of myocardial perfusion imaging and lung scanning. Even with all the variability in these studies, the author was able to broach these topics and give complete but generic descriptions. ...