Dear Author

Here are the proofs of your article.

• You can submit your corrections online, via e-mail or by fax.

• For online submission please insert your corrections in the online correction form.
Always indicate the line number to which the correction refers.
• You can also insert your corrections in the proof PDF and email the annotated PDF.
• For fax submission, please ensure that your corrections are clearly legible. Use a fine
black pen and write the correction in the margin, not too close to the edge of the page.
• Remember to note the journal title, article number, and your name when sending your
response via e-mail or fax.
• Check the metadata sheet to make sure that the header information, especially author
names and the corresponding affiliations are correctly shown.
• Check the questions that may have arisen during copy editing and insert your
answers/corrections.
• Check that the text is complete and that all figures, tables and their legends are included.
Also check the accuracy of special characters, equations, and electronic supplementary
material if applicable. If necessary refer to the Edited manuscript.
• The publication of inaccurate data such as dosages and units can have serious
consequences. Please take particular care that all such details are correct.
• Please do not make changes that involve only matters of style. We have generally
introduced forms that follow the journal’s style.
• Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title and authorship are
not allowed without the approval of the responsible editor. In such a case, please contact
the Editorial Office and return his/her consent together with the proof.
• If we do not receive your corrections within 48 hours, we will send you a reminder.
• Your article will be published Online First approximately one week after receipt of your
corrected proofs. This is the official first publication citable with the DOI. Further
changes are, therefore, not possible.
• The printed version will follow in a forthcoming issue.

Please note

After online publication, subscribers (personal/institutional) to this journal will have

access to the complete article via the DOI using the URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00259-014-2811-x

If you would like to know when your article has been published online, take advantage
of our free alert service. For registration and further information, go to:
http://www.link.springer.com.
Due to the electronic nature of the procedure, the manuscript and the original figures
will only be returned to you on special request. When you return your corrections,
please inform us, if you would like to have these documents returned.
AUTHOR'S PROOF!

Metadata of the article that will be visualized in OnlineFirst

1 Article Title Simone Waldt and Klaus Woertler (Eds): Measurements and
classifications in musculoskeletal radiology
2 Article Sub- Title Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 2014; ISBN 978-3-13169271-9
3 Article Copyright - Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Year (This w ill be the copyright line in the final PDF)
4 Journal Name European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
5 Family Name Mansi
6 Particle
7 Given Name Luigi
8 Corresponding Suffix
9 Author Organization Second University of Naples
10 Division
11 Address Naples, Italy
12 e-mail luigi.mansi@unina2.it
13 Family Name Stasio
14 Particle Di
15 Given Name Giuseppe D.
16 Suffix
Author
17 Organization Second University of Naples
18 Division
19 Address Naples, Italy
20 e-mail
21 Received
22 Schedule Revised
23 Accepted
24 Abstract
25 Keywords
separated by ' - '
26 Foot note
information
AUTHOR'S PROOF! JrnlID 259_ArtID 2811_Proof# 1 - 20/05/2014

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging

DOI 10.1007/s00259-014-2811-x
1
3 BOOK REVIEW
2

4 Simone Waldt and Klaus Woertler (Eds): Measurements

5 and classifications in musculoskeletal radiology
6
Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 2014; ISBN 978-3-13169271-9
810
9 Giuseppe D. Di Stasio & Luigi Mansi

11

F
12
13 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

O
O
14 Measurements and Classifications in Musculoskeletal According to this approach, all outmoded practices and sys- 36
15 Radiology is the authorized translation of the first German tems were excluded from this collection or were included with 37

PR
16 edition, published in 2011 by Georg Thieme. The editors are appropriate comments noting at the same time the actual, 38
17 Simone Waldt and Klaus Woertler, respectively associate pro- practical value of specific methods. This “handy reference 39
18 fessor and professor of radiology at the Technische Universitat
D for everyday use” manages to gather all the currently 40
19 München (TUM) in Munich. The contribution of Matthias fragmented information on musculoskeletal radiology mea- 41
20 42
TE
Eiber is also recognized. surements and classification systems into one text, full of
21 This is a very well structured book of 214 pages, enriched detailed illustrations and radiological images where reference 43
22 with 423 illustrations, including images, schema and tables, in lines, markings, angles and key values help the reader to focus 44
EC

23 which students, residents and experienced doctors can find on the main concepts and get directly to the point. Moreover, 45
24 valuable help and an important reference. Across 17 chapters, throughout the text are gray boxes marked with an exclama- 46
25 the publication guides the reader through the main topics of tion mark in which key points, clinical pearls and pitfall alerts 47
R

26 musculoskeletal imaging, analyzing a variety of measurement are usefully highlighted. This kind of layout improves the 48
R

27 schemes and classifications commonly used in orthopedics overall quality of the book, allowing it to provide both a 49
28 (excluding fractures). It covers lower limb alignment, all more-than-sufficient level of detail and a positive conciseness. 50
O

29 major joints (hip, knee, foot, shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand) From this perspective, Measurements and Classifica- 51
C

30 as well as the spine and cranio-cervical junction, grading/ tions in Musculoskeletal Radiology does not replace a 52
31 textbook but can be rightfully considered an “external 53
N

staging of bone and soft tissue tumors, osteoporosis, articular

32 cartilage lesions, rheumatoid arthritis, hemophilia, muscle memory” to always have nearby, perfect to deal with the 54
U

33 injuries and skeletal age. In order to be as accurate as possible, endless measurement techniques and classification systems 55
34 the authors have always tried to refer to the original primary used in orthopedic imaging and the ideal companion for 56
35 sources, which are necessarily dated but nonetheless relevant. use at the radiology workstation. 57
58
59

G. D. Di Stasio : L. Mansi (*)

Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
e-mail: luigi.mansi@unina2.it
AUTHOR'S PROOF!
AUTHOR QUERY

AUTHOR PLEASE ANSWER QUERY.

No Query.

F
O
O
PR
D
TE
EC
R
R
O
C
N
U