Editors: Scott B. McCusker, MD. and Blaise Douros
Publisher: Thieme – 134 pages
Book Review by: Nano Khilnani
This compact book on medical photography specific to the head and neck is a good, handy guide, with a lot of photos that shows you the dos and don’ts. It consists of 13 short chapters, namely:
- Introduction to Medical Photography
- Photographic Equipment
- Studio Photography Techniques
- Small Structure and Microphotography
- Processing and Digital Asset Management
- Smartphone and Telemedicine
- Approach to the Patient
- Intra-operative Photography
- Special Considerations for Reconstructive Surgery
- Face and Neck
- Oral Cavity and Oropharynx
- Sinuses and Nasopharynx
- Imaging of the Upper Airway and Larynx
The purpose of this book is to show you how to take high-quality, clinically-useful medical photographs that depict the patients’ conditions accurately at a given time. Easier said than done, this book will help you demystify the medical photography process, enabling you to produce clear, representative images.
A rich collection of images and eight instructional videos are available online to purchasers of this book. Simply go to www.MediaCenter.Thieme.com, type in the code found on the inside front cover, and enjoy the photos and videos.
Among the key features of this book are:
- Comprehensive coverage of standard external anatomy, with smaller sections on endoscopic photography and intra-operative photography
- Ancillary online content including more than 150 high-quality photographs and eight instructional videos supplement the text
- Simple comparative photographs illustrate the potential to create stellar results using several different camera systems
- Each photography extensively annotated with relevant camera and lighting settings
- Recommendations provided for image archiving, organization, and processing
This book has been written for physicians without any photographic background, who are provided multidisciplinary content authored by a number of contributors in several subspecialties.
Editors:
Scott B. McCusker, MD is an otolaryngologist with the Department of Otolaryngology at David Grant Medical Center at USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in California.
Blaise Douros is a freelance photographer and videographer based in Dixon, California.
Contributors:
Schott B. McCusker, MD
Blaise Douros
Philip Goetz
Fawn Hogan, MD
Erik Weitzel, MD
Scott Howard, MD
Michael S. Benninger, MD
