Atlas of diagnostic Ultrasound: Ultrasonography

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 Medical book on diagnostic Ultrasound covering normal  and pathological ultrasound anatomy, Doppler techniques, physics and instrumentation.

 • The book consists of 20 chapters and contains more than 2000 images including colour Doppler illustrations, numerous schemes and tables.

• The first chapter covers the basics of ultrasound physics and instrumentation written in easily understandable language .

• The second chapter deals with the principles governing the description of ultrasound images and instructions for working with ultrasound machines, together with the basics of Doppler studies and the use of contrast agents. 

• Chapter three is intended to help beginners understand the normal ultrasound images in relation to cross sectional anatomy of the abdominal cavity. 

• The next chapters deal with the pathological findings of various organs and systems of the human body: thorax, abdominal organs, bladder and prostate, superficial organs such as the thyroid, mammary and salivary glands, and scrotum. 

• A separate chapter has been dedicated to paediatric ultrasound. 

        Every chapter begins with description of the normal anatomy and images followed by an explanation of the technique of examination of each organ.

• The book contains many practical suggestions to overcome problems that can interfere with the production of a clear ultrasound image.

 

Contents

1 Application of ultrasound in medical imaging diagnostics
19
2 BASIC PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE IN SONOGRAPHY PRINCIPLES OF DOPPLER CONTRAST AGENTS
81
3 TOPOGRAPHIC ANATOMY
108
43 DIFFUSE LIVER DISEASES
132
44 FOCAL LIVER LESIONS
143
45 RARE FINDINGS
171
46 LAPAROSCOPIC SONOGRAPHY OF LIVER
175
References
179
126 INTESTINAL ISCHAEMIA
464
127 POTENTIAL PITFALLS
466
References
469
13 THE BLADDER
473
14 THE PROSTATE GLAND
491
15 THE SCROTUM
505
162 LIVER
541
163 THE BILIARY SYSTEM
548

5 DOPPLER STUDY OF THE HEPATIC VASCULAR SYSTEM
185
6 THE BILIARY SYSTEM
217
7 THE PANCREAS
255
8 THE SPLEEN
283
9 THE KIDNEYS
305
10 Renal Doppler Study
363
11 THE ADRENALS
409
122 INTRAPERITONEAL PATHOLOGY
439
123 GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
447
124 MISCELLANEOUS FINDINGS
462
125 ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL
463
164 Spleen
551
165 THE PANCREAS
553
166 ADRENAL GLANDS
554
167 KIDNEYS AND URINARY TRACT
557
References
597
17 THYROID GLAND
601
18 THE SALIVARY GLANDS
633
19 MAMMARY GLAND
651
20 THORAX
685
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About the author (2015)

Dr. Valery Tchacarski MD, PhD has 30 years' experience in Medical Ultrasound as a consultant radiologist at the Alexandrovska University Hospital in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1990 he completed a PhD thesis on 'The Differential Diagnosis of Kidney Diseases by Ultrasound'. In 1994 and 1999 he received additional training at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, USA. Dr. Tchacarski has been involved in teaching this subject in Bulgaria since 1986 and in this book he shares his considerable experience and expertise. 

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