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Obstetric and fetal imaging is a continuously evolving field, with ongoing advances in both technology and understanding of fetal development and disease processes. Diagnostic Imaging: Obstetrics, fifth edition covers the entire spectrum of this fast-changing field and is an invaluable resource for radiologists, perinatologists, and trainees―anyone who requires an easily accessible, highly visual reference on today’s obstetric imaging. Dr. Paula J. Woodward and a team of highly regarded experts provide a highly structured, information-dense, bulleted style of information delivery that yields more ‘pearls per pound’ than a standard prose-style textbook. With contents organized by organ system, the bulleted text delivery includes Section Introductions throughout to orient readers. Embryology and anatomy overview chapters are included along with pertinent differential diagnoses to provide comprehensive coverage throughout. In addition, extensive image galleries (3,000 images in print plus 1700 digital-only images) provide the radiologist with a pragmatic approach to imaging findings. Sixteen content sections deliver almost 1,200 pages of valuable contents designed to help determine the best imaging study and interpret imaging studies to establish diagnoses as part of ongoing patient care Serves as a one-stop resource for key concepts and information on obstetric imaging and the diagnosis and management of fetal/maternal issues, including dramatic new changes in technology, guidelines, and emerging practice areas Covers important new changes in technology, including recent innovations in 3D ultrasound and fetal MR, as well as the earliest ultrasound findings seen with each condition, emphasizing first-trimester diagnosis Contains new material on microarray, whole exome, and whole genome analysis; new guidelines from multiple fetal-imaging organizations; and new chapters on fetal interventional p