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.
