• Gourtsoyiannis NC
• ed. Radiological Imaging of the Small Intestine

Springer Verlag are producing an extensive range of books entitled Medical Radiology under the general editorship of Professor AL Baert, and this volume on the small intestine is the latest in the line. Professor NC Gourtsoyiannis is its distinguished editor. This is now a very well established series with topics which vary from organ based (that is, pancreas) to technique based (that is, spiral computed tomograpy (CT)) of the abdomen. As with all Springer publications, the illustrations are outstanding and the more than 800 in this book are no exception.

Imaging of the small intestine remains the last redoubt for the gastrointestinal radiologist due to the remorseless advance of endoscopy from both ends of the alimentary tract; a point noted in the foreword by Professor Baert. Virtual colonoscopy has rekindled …