MCQs for the First FRCR (Oxford Specialty Training: Revision Texts)

ABOUT THIS BOOK

• Features over 400 multiple true/false questions covering all areas of the FRCR curriculum
• All questions are accompanied by detailed explanatory answers with diagrams, notes, and references to larger texts
• Up-to-date with advances in imaging techniques, including digital radiography, multi-detector CT and PET imaging
• Includes separate chapters focussing on ultrasound and MRI which have been recently added to the curriculum

MCQs for First FRCR offers the most comprehensive coverage of the topics covered in the new First Fellowship of Royal College of Radiology (FRCR) examination, which includes newly-added topics such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance.

Led by specialist trainees with recent exam experience and contributions from experienced senior consultants and examiners, this book offers not only relevant content and valuable insights, but also visually enhanced answer sections (including diagrams and tables) that aim to improve and enhance understanding of key concepts in medical physics and radiation protection.

Each chapter includes up to forty multiple choice questions covering each area of the exam. Each question and answer includes explanations and further reading.

Readership: Specialist trainees in radiology sitting the First FRCR exam. It will also appeal to undergraduate students in radiography and medical physics.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1: Basic radiation physics
2: General Radiation Protection
3: IRR (99) and IRMER (2000)
4: Image quality and X-rays production
5: Film screen radiography
6: Digital radiography
7: Fluroscopy
8: Computed tomography
9: Nuclear medicine
10: Ultrasound
11: Magnetic resonance imaging

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Varut Vardhanabhuti, Specialty Registrar, South West Peninsula Deanery, UK, Julia James, Specialty Registrar, South West Peninsula Deanery, UK, Rosemary Gray, Specialty Registrar, South West Peninsula Deanery, UK, Rehaan Nensey, Specialty Registrar, South West Peninsula Deanery, UK, Vivien Shuen, Specialty Registrar, South West Peninsula Deanery, UK, and Tishi Ninan, Specialty Registrar, South West Peninsula Deanery, UK