Abdominal Ultrasound

Abdominal Ultrasound: How, Why and When

by Smith, Jane A.

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Ultrasound continues to be one of the most important diagnostic tools in medicine and is used by a wide range of healthcare professionals across many applications. This book provides a practical, clinically relevant guide for all practitioners working in the field of abdominal ultrasound. Its aim is to enable the operator to maximize the diagnostic information and recognize the limitations of ultrasound scans.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Abdominal Ultrasound : How, Why and When.

Summary

Ultrasound continues to be one of the most important diagnostic tools in medicine and is used by a wide range of healthcare professionals across many applications. This book provides a practical, clinically relevant guide for all practitioners working in the field of abdominal ultrasound. Its aim is to enable the operator to maximize the diagnostic information and recognize the limitations of ultrasound scans.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2010.
  • Edition:3rd ed

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (361 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780080982465, 0080982468
  • oclc:ocn882776117

Table of Contents

Front cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Optimizing the diagnostic information; Introduction; Technique; Image Optimization; The use of doppler; Getting the best out of doppler; Additional imaging modes; Choosing a machine; Recording of Images; Safety of diagnostic ultrasound; Biological effects of ultrasound; Safety Indices (Thermal and Mechanical Indices); Other Hazards; Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders; The Safe Practice of Ultrasound; Medicolegal issues; Departmental Guidelines/ Schemes of Work.

Quality assuranceReferences; Chapter 2: The normal hepato-biliary system; Introduction; General pointers on upper abdominal technique; The liver; The portal venous system; The gallbladder; The bile ducts; Some common referral patterns for hepato-biliary ultrasound; References; Chapter 3: Pathology of the gallbladder and biliary tree; Hyperplastic conditions of the gallbladder wall; Inflammatory gallbladder disease; References; Chapter 4: Pathology of the liver and portal venous system; Benign focal liver lesions; Malignant focal liver lesions; Diffuse liver conditions; Liver transplants.

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Smith, Jane A.

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