Introduction Your First Scanning Experience 1
1 Physics 17
2 Instrumentation 23
3 Body Systems 39
4 Anatomy Layering and Sectional Anatomy 56
5 The Abdominal Aorta 93
6 The Inferior Vena Cava 105
7 The Portal Venous System 113
8 Abdominal Vasculature 121
9 The Liver 133
10 The Biliary System 153
11 The Pancreas 165
12 The Urinary System 179
13 The Spleen 204
14 The Gastrointestinal System 213
15 The Male Pelvis 235
16 The Female Pelvis 248
17 First Trimester Obstetrics (0 to 12 Weeks) 297
18 Second and Third Trimester Obstetrics (13 to 42 Weeks) 320
19 High-Risk Obstetric Sonography 356
20 The Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands 367
21 Breast Sonography 384
22 The Neonatal Brain 397
23 Pediatric Echocardiography 410
24 Adult Echocardiography 450
25 Vascular Technology 480
26 Introduction to Ultrasound of Human Disease 497
27 Three-Dimensional Ultrasound 515
28 Interventional and Intraoperative Ultrasound 523
App. I Ultrasound Documents Related to Patient Examination 535
App. II Ultrasound Instrumentation 539
App. III Image Processing and Storage 541
App. IV Patient Chart Information: Medical/Surgical Assembly
Order 545
App. V Universal Precautions 548
Illustration Credit Page 549