Renee DeVries, DC, associate professor and dean of the College of Chiropractic, and Anita Manne, DC, professor, contributed to, “Essential Musculoskeletal MRI: A Primer for the Clinician,” which was published by Elsevier in January 2011.

Drs. DeVries and Manne collaborated with Michelle Wesselly, DC, one of the book’s authors, on a chapter titled, “The Cervical Spine.” Dr. DeVries also contributed to two other chapters, “The Thoracic Spine” and “Magnetic Resonance: Principles and Application to Diagnostic Imaging.” “A book like this is truly a collaborative endeavor,” said Dr. Manne. “I had a small part, but it’s very gratifying to see the final product.”

The manual was written so that it offers a greater clinical value to readers than an average technical guide to using MRI. “It’s intended for a practicing clinician because the book provides an overview of normal findings and common conditions that would be presented in a chiropractic office,” said Dr. DeVries. “I’m so excited. The book has a great practical application and is designed to be usable because it’s organized by regions—showing the common conditions in each individual part of the body.”

After more than eight months of work and a year-long wait, Drs. DeVries and Manne are pleased to see the fruit of their labor. “This is a really great feeling,” said Dr. DeVries. “Holding the book, the final product, makes all the hard work seem long ago and distant.”

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