Contents
List of Contributors;
Preface;
1. Milestones in the development of diagnostic ultrasound;
Part 1: Instrumentation
2. Grey-scale imaging;
3. Spectral doppler;
4. Flow imaging;
5. Physics of blood flow;
6. Safety issues in diagnostic ultrasound;
7. Technological developments;
Part 2: Echocardiology:
8. Congenital heart disease;
9. Valvular heart disease;
10. Left ventricular function;
11. Cardiomyopathies and pericardial disease;
12. Prosthetic valves and perioperative echocardiology;
13. Cardiac masses;
14. Transoesophageal and intracardiac echo;
15. Intravascular ultrasound;
Part 3: Vascular:
16. Cerebrovascular disease - carotids;
17. Plaque morphology;
18. Transcranial;
19. Peripheral arterial;
20. Venous;
21. Abdomen;
Part 4: Small parts imaging:
22. Breast;
23. Neck (thyroid, parathyroid, salivary glands);
24. Testes and scrotum;
25. Orbital ultrasound;
26. CD of orbital vasculature;
Part 5: Abdomen:
27. Liver;
28. Biliary tract, pancreas;
29. Endoscopic;
30. General principles of biopsy and drainage;
31. Renal transplantation;
Part 6: Pelvis:
32. Male;
33. Female;
Part 7: Obstetrics:
Part 8: Paediatrics;
Part 9: Muskuloskeletal:
34. Joints and tendons;
35. Soft tissues;
Index