Book description
This brilliant pocket guide helps you to grasp the connection between
three-dimensional organ systems and their two-dimensional representation
in ultrasound imaging. Through dynamic illustrations and clarifying
text, it allows you to: - Recognize, name, and confidently locate all
organs, landmarks, and anatomical details of the abdomen-Examine all
standard planes, including transverse and longitudinal scans for regions
of sonographic interest (including the thyroid gland)- Understand
topographic relationships of organs and structures in all three spatial
planes This invaluable text is ideal for the beginner, providing a rapid
orientation to all key topics. It includes: - Over 250 fully labeled
image quartets, each showing: the preferred location of the transducer
on the body; the resulting image; a labeled drawing of the image, keyed
to anatomic structures; and a small 3-D drawing showing the location of
the scanning plane in the organ.- Body markers with information on
transducer handling and positioning for each sonogram- Over 250 rules of
thumb and key concepts- All relevant landmarks, measurable parameters,
and normal values Packed with beautiful graphics and precise text, this
is the essential resource that anyone involved in ultrasound radiography
needs. "What initially makes the book especially attractive is
its practical presentation. It is a paperback "flexibook"
which constitutes a genuine pocket guide and its design is well adapted:
for each organ, ultrasound images are showed on the left-hand page with
the corresponding colored explanatory drawings on the right-hand page.
These illustrations are accompanied by small drawings demonstrating the
location of the transducer on the body and a 3D diagram showing the
location of the scanning plane in the organ. The ultrasound images are
numerous, all of high quality, and the drawings very clear and
pedagogical. In addition, the normal sonographic dimensions of the
organs presented in this book are summed up on the fold-out flap inside
the front and the back cover, which is very easy-to-use. To conclude,
this pleasant, brilliant, richly colored, and well-presented pocket
guide is of the greatest interest for learning (and revising) the
ultrasound anatomy of the abdomen and the thyroid gland. As a result, it
will be of use to the beginners in sonography as well as more
experienced radiologists and other physicians dealing with this field of
imaging."--Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy_x000D_ _x000D_ "A
useful book for beginning sonographers, those preparing for examinations
and those involved in teaching student sonographers in the area of
abdominal sonography."--ASUM Ultrasound Bulletin Private
Practice, Braunschweig, Germany
