The Practice of Ultrasound A Step-by-Step Guide to

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This highly practical self-teaching guide teaches you how to perform and evaluate the ultrasound examination of the abdomen with no prior experience! key features: - clear and concise study units for effortless understanding from the start - practice-oriented access to each organ (delineation, details, surroundings) - 3-d drawings for complex anatomic situations (e.g., the porta hepatis) - image sequences for enhanced spatial understanding - countless practical tips and tricks this is the sure road to success. After studying this book, you will be able to: - immediately recognize all important ultrasound phenomena, in particular, misleading artifacts - confidently identify and delineate all upper abdominal organs, - locate and evaluate difficult structures at a glance, - recognize normal limits - evaluate the most common pathologic findings more than 900 high-quality illustrations and step-by-step instructions guide you through all the fundamentals. As an introduction to the field or a Table of Contents 1 General 2 Basic Physical and
Technical Principles 3 Blood Vessels: The Aorta and its Branches,
the Vena cava and its Tributaries 4 Liver 5 Porta hepatis 6 Gallbladder 7 Pancreas 8 Stomach, Duodenum, and Diaphragm 9 Spleen 10 Kidneys 11 Adrenal Glands 12 Bladder, Prostate, and Uterus 13 The Systematic Ultrasound Examination Index