Looking Within
eBook - ePub

Looking Within

Understanding Ourselves through Human Imaging

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Looking Within

Understanding Ourselves through Human Imaging

About this book

"Touching and memorable. Geared toward a non-medical audience, interesting for anyone."-ASRT Scanner

"Ruff weaves the threads created by fascinating stories. Accessible to readers from any background."-Radiology Today

"A unique, humanistic, reflective collection of stories. Patient centered and heart-warming."-RAD Magazine

"A memorable voyage into the mysteries of medicine. The precision of a scientific mind, and the compassion of a true healer."-Bob Rosen, USA Today best-selling author of Conscious, Grounded, Just Enough Anxiety, Leading People, Global Literacies, and The Healthy Company

"Dr. Cullen Ruff illuminates the breadth and power of medical imaging as a diagnostic tool and goes beyond that to help us experience its beauty and poignancy, bringing the field, and the reader, out of the dark. A remarkable book."-Carolyn Jourdan, five-time Wall Street Journal best-selling author of medical memoir and biography, including Medicine Men

"Dr. Ruff sees through the images on the screen to the profound human stories they tell. Compelling, compassionate, honest, and wise."-Frank Huyler MD, author of The Blood of Strangers, The Laws of Invisible Things, Right of Thirst, and White Hot Light

"Compelling and insightful. I urge everyone, physicians and the public alike, to read this brilliant work." Jim Borgstede MD, past president and chairman of the board of the American College of Radiology

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Praise for Looking Within
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Images of Ourselves
  7. Section I: Getting Started
  8. Section II: Discoveries
  9. Section III: The More Unusual
  10. Section IV: Foreign Bodies
  11. Section V: Complications
  12. Section VI: Reflections
  13. About the Author
  14. Glossary of Radiological Terms
  15. Glossary of Medical Training
  16. Acknowledgements
  17. References

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