Sonography: introduction to normal structure and function/ Curry, Reva A.

Includes index

1: Before and after the ultrasound examination --
2: Ultrasound instrumentation:"Knobology," image processing and storage --
3: General patient care --
Introduction to ergonomics and sonographer safety --
5: Interdependent body systems --
6: Anatomy layering and sectional anatomy --
7: First scanning experienceEmbryology --
8: Embrology --
9: Introduction to laboratory values --
10: The Abdominal aorta --
11: The inferior vena cava --
12: The portal venous system --
13: Abdominal vasculature --
14: The liver --
15: The biliary system --
16: The pancreas --
17: The urinary and adrenal systems --
18: The spleen --
19: The gastriontestinal system --
20: The male pelvis: prostate gland and seminal vesicles sonography --
21: The female pelvis --
22: First trimester obstetrics (0 to 12 weeks) --
23: Second and third trimester obstetrics (13 to 42 weeks) --
24: High-risk obstetric sonography --
25: Fetal echocardiography --
26: The neonatal brain --
27: The thyroid and parathyroid glands --
28: Breast sonography --
29: Scrotal and penile sonography --
30: Pediatric echocardiography --
31: Adult echocardiography --
32: Vascular technology --
33: 3-D/4-D sonography --
34: Interventional and intraoperative ultrasound.

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