Skip to Main Content

Department of ORL- Head & Neck Surgery: Web Resources

Library materials, subject guides, and useful resources compiled by KFSH&RC

ORL websites

 

 

 

 

 

Anatomy atlases

  • Anatomy Atlases at  is a digital library of anatomy information curated by Ronald A. Bergman, Ph.D. This website links to a set of useful educational anatomy atlases that comprise the following: Atlas of Human Anatomy, Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section, Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy - a Functional Approach, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation, and Lessons from a Bone Box.

  • Compare is a website created and authored by M. Grunewald, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; it is available at . Various plain film images of the thorax and abdomen; CT scan images of the brain, thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; and angiogram images of the carotid, pulmonary, abdominal, mesenteric, renal, and the upper and lower limb arteries, including the aortic arch, are available. Normal and pathological images of water-soluble contrast/barium swallow, double-contrast barium meal, small-bowel enema, hysterosalpingography, micturating cystourethrography, and urography are also featured.

  • Radiologic Anatomy Browser is sourced from the Uniformed Services University and is accessible at . The Anatomy Browser in an outline format permits expanding or collapsing levels. The material produced by S. Rudinsky and J. G. Smirniotopoulos is catalogued into regions such as Head and Neck, Back and Upper Extremity, Chest, Abdomen, and Pelvis, etc. The topics are comprehensively covered and a checklist is an added bonus at the end of the sections.

  • Normal Radiologic Anatomy is a basic primer on Anatomy designed for the Radiologist; it is available at . This site is authored by a team headed by J. Livermore and W. Erkonen and the online atlas covers x-ray, CT, MRI, and ultrasound. In essence, the image material offers information on anatomical areas such as the head and neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, and the upper and lower extremity. A special section on 3D reconstructions is also available.

Web review: Anatomy

  • LUMEN Cross-Section Tutorial is authored by Dr. John A. McNulty and offers cross-sectional images from the Visible Human Project-NLM. Available at , the material features sections on the head and neck, thorax, abdomen, limbs, and pelvis.

  • The Whole Brain Atlas at  is a project maintained by Keith A. Johnson and J. Alex Becker, from the Departments of Radiology and Neurology, at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Within the atlas, useful sections available include a Neuroimaging Primer, Vascular Anatomy, Normal Anatomy in 3D with MRI/PET, and a section on cerebrovascular, neoplastic, degenerative, inflammatory, and infectious diseases.

  • Medical Imaging Informatics as radiological sciences (vs. radiology as a service), this book is also very pertinent ... For the student of medical imaging informatics, there is a wealth of literature available ... Chapter 2 (An Introduction to Imaging Anatomy & Physiology) starts with a ... A sequence of subtasks is then related: structural analysis (e.g., section.

  • CTisUS at  is an outstanding portal administered by E. K. Fishman, MD, and sourced from the Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University. Maintained by the Advanced Medical Imaging Laboratory (AMIL). The site makes learning cardiac CT meaningful, with classification of the material into four key areas: Most Popular, Scanner Protocols, Learning Modules, and Everything Else.

  • Within these, there are sections on 64-slice MDCT, anatomy organ systems, CT angiography, and CT/PET. The Scanner Protocols section has technical material on almost all types of scanners: single detector, 4-slice, 16-slice, and 64-slice, including Siemens Definition protocols. For the students, Teaching Files, Journal Club, and Quiz of the Month may be particularly useful. The teaching file modules are available at click here and feature illustrative cases related to various body parts.

  • Two other interesting sections are Ask the Fish CT and Imaging Pearls. The Pearls Archive at click here has useful conclusive statements on various regions as well as Oral Contrast, IV Contrast, Radiation Dose, Screening CT, Technology, Virtual Imaging, and 3D and Workflow. The podcasting and vodcasting sections are available at click here and here.

  • Pedradinfo at is a ‘peer-reviewed, pediatric radiology platform on the Web’ maintained by Roland Talanow. The website which is an interactive radiology teaching platform has been given awards at the RSNA 2005 and ARRS 2006. It allows online book searches at click here browsing of interesting cases at click here.

Key Literature