Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Basics of ultrasound 1
Section 1 Fundamental physical principles of diagnostic ultrasound 1
Section 2 Different modes of diagnostic ultrasound 3
Section 3 Ultrasound generators and equipments 6
Section 4 Clinical basis of diagnostic ultrasound 6
Chapter 2 Echocardiography 8
Section 1 Normal anatomy 8
Section 2 Normal echocardiography 9
Section 3 Evaluation of left heart function 13
Section 4 Abnormal echocardiography 15
Chapter 3 Digestive system 39
Section 1 Liver 39
Section 2 Gallbladder and biliary tract 54
Section 3 Pancreas 66
Section 4 Spleen 71
Chapter 4 Urinary system and prostate 76
Section 1 Kidney and ureter 76
Section 2 Urinary bladder and prostate 84
Chapter 5 Gynaecology 88
Chapter 6 Obstetrics 96
Section 1 Normal pregnancy 96
Section 2 Abnormal pregnancy 101
Chapter 7 Superficial organ 111
Section 1 Eye 111
Section 2 Thyroid gland 116
Section 3 Breast 122
Section 4 Scrotum 125
Section 5 Cervical lymph node 131
Chapter 8 Periphery and abdominal blood vessels 134
Chapter 9 Interventional ultrasound in abdomen 148
References 152