Teaching manual of color duplex sonography - Matthias Hofer

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 principles
  
• Innovative 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 gland
  
• Internal medicine: abdominal organs, lymph nodes, TIPSS
  
• Nephrology: kidneys and renal allografts
  
• Neurology: intra- and extracranial cerebral arteries
  
• Cardiology: B- and M-mode imaging, cardiac anomalies,
  wall motion analysis
  
• Urology: testicular torsion, tumors, erectile
  dysfunction
  
• Obstetrics and gynecology: tumors, anomalies, fetal
  perfusion defects

Teaching Manual of Color Duplex Sonography is well known for its highly educational approach and user-friendly features which include:

• Over 500 excellent illustrations -- ideal for visually
  oriented learners
  
• Diagrams that illustrate the correct way to handle the
  transducer and position the scan plane
  
• Self-test question & answers
  
• Tips, tricks, and common pitfalls
  
• Checklists and tables of normal values on sturdy pocket-sized cards for hospital and office use