Teaching Manual Color Duplex Sonography

The Third Edition of this up-to-date and user friendly workbook helps medical students, sonographers, residents, and radiologists gain a fundamental grasp of the application of color duplex ultrasound by reviewing normal findings, important pathologic conditions, scanning techniques, and the role and importance of color duplex ultrasound in detecting and assessing various disease states.Topics include:Basic physical and technical principlesInnovative techniques and ultrasound contrast agents (e.g., power Doppler, SieScape imaging, clarify vascular enhancement, tissue Doppler, precision upsampling, arterial stiffness, eTracking)Vascular surgery: peripheral arterial occlusive disease, venous insufficiency and thrombosis, AV fistulae, and aneurysms. Endocrinology: thyroid glandInternal medicine: abdominal organs, lymph nodes, TIPSS. Nephrology: kidneys and renal allograftsNeurology: intra- and extracranial cerebral arteries. Cardiology: B- and M-mode imaging, cardiac anomalies, wall motion analysisUrology: testicular torsion, tumors, erectile dysfunction. Obstetrics and gynecology: tumors, anomalies, fetal perfusion defects