Practice of Ultrasound: A Step-by-Step Guide to Abdominal Scanning
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Practice of Ultrasound: A Step-by-Step Guide to Abdominal Scanning

A Step-by-Step Guide to Abdominal Scanning

  1. 253 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Practice of Ultrasound: A Step-by-Step Guide to Abdominal Scanning

A Step-by-Step Guide to Abdominal Scanning

About this book

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 as a refresher, this systematic, hands-on guide is essential to perfecting your examination techniques for optimal patient care.

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Yes, you can access Practice of Ultrasound: A Step-by-Step Guide to Abdominal Scanning by Berthold Block in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Medical Technology & Supplies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Thieme
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781588902801
eBook ISBN
9783131609618

Table of contents

  1. The Practice of Ultrasound: A Step-by-Step Guide to Abdominal Scanning
  2. Copyright
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Table of Contents
  6. 1 General
  7. 2 Basic Physical and Technical Principles
  8. 3 Blood Vessels: The Aorta and its Branches, the Vena cava and its Tributaries
  9. 4 Liver
  10. 5 Porta hepatis
  11. 6 Gallbladder
  12. 7 Pancreas
  13. 8 Stomach, Duodenum, and Diaphragm
  14. 9 Spleen
  15. 10 Kidneys
  16. 11 Adrenal Glands
  17. 12 Bladder, Prostate, and Uterus
  18. 13 The Systematic Ultrasound Examination
  19. Index