Table of Contents
Preface v Contributors ix
1 Applied Physics of Medical Ultrasound J. A. Evans 1
2 Practical Applications-Getting the Best Out of Your Ultrasound Machine Heather Venables 13
3 Assessment of Needle, Catheter, and Guidewire Position Using Ultrasonography G. A. Chapman A. R. Bodenham 27
4 Teaching, Training, and Accreditation Heather Venables 47
5 Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access A. R. Bodenham 57
6 Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral and Regional Nerve Block Pawan K. Gupta Philip M. Hopkins 71
7 Transesophageal and Transthoracic Echocardiography: Examination Techniques and Views Bryan May Kim Payne Scott T.
Reeves 85
8 Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography of the Heart Valves David A. Zvara Daniel D. Amitie Jason J. Baggett
Christopher E. Beck 111
9 Basic Echo Doppler Mary Beth Brady 147
10 Transesophageal Doppler Mark Hamilton Monty Mythen 167
11 Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography Alet Jacobs Ravi P. Mahajan 179
12 The Respiratory System Daniel A. Lichtenstein 195 Index 217