Abdominal SonographyIllustrated with over 700 images, including 41 colour Doppler scans, this text aims to provide a precise, well-organized description and view of the normal structures and abnormalities encountered in clinical abdominal sonography. |
Contents
Guidelines for the Performance of Abdominal Sonography | 1 |
Abdominal Wall and Peritoneal Cavity | 3 |
The Gallbladder | 25 |
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abdominal wall abnormal abscess acoustic shadowing acute adrenal allograph aneurysm aortic appearance arrows artifact ascites biliary biopsy blood flow bowel calcification calculi carcinoma caused celiac cholecystitis clinical color Doppler common bile duct common duct Computed tomography CT scan cyst cystic detected diagnosis diameter diaphragm diaphragmatic dilated disease distal Doppler ultrasound echoes echogenic enlarged fascia fatty fluid collection focal gallbladder gallbladder wall gastric gland hematoma hemorrhage hepatic artery hepatic veins hydronephrosis hyperechoic hypoechoic iliac imaging infection inferior vena cava intrahepatic kidney left hepatic lesions liver lumen lymph nodes lymphoma mass metastases multiple muscle needle neoplasms obstruction pancreatic pararenal parenchyma Pathology patients pelvis percutaneous peritoneal portal vein probe proximal pseudocyst radiograph Radiol Radiology renal artery renal vein retroperitoneal right hepatic lobe Sagittal scan scan demonstrates seen sonogram sonographic spleen splenic vein thickening thrombus tion tissue transducer Transverse scan tumor ultra Ultrasonography usually vascular venous