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This easy-to-understand pocketbook in the highly respected Clark's stable of diagnostic imaging texts is an invaluable tool for students, sonographers and other ultrasound practitioners, providing practical guidance on clinical ultrasound procedures, summarising current relevant literature and professional body guidelines.
The content is arranged by anatomical system and organ for ease of reference, with each section comprising a short introduction, the indications for the procedure, patient preparation, the imaging procedure itself, along with an image analysis, supported throughout by positioning photographs and clinical images.
Clark's Essential Guide to Clinical Ultrasound is ideal for all users of clinical ultrasound at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and will also provide a convenient distillation of the latest best practice and guidelines for sonographers, midwives, vascular technologists, ECG technologists, medical doctors, sports injury specialists, paramedics, and other health professionals.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Principles of sonography
Chapter 2. The upper abdominal organs
Chapter 3. The renal tract
Chapter 4. The male reproductive system
Chapter 5. The GI tract
Chapter 6. The endocrine system - thyroid and adrenal glands
Chapter 7. The female reproductive system
Chapter 8. Obstetric ultrasound
Chapter 9. Breast ultrasound
Chapter 10. The cardiovascular system
Chapter 11. The respiratory system - lungs
Chapter 12. The central nervous system - eye and brain
Chapter 13. Musculoskeletal ultrasound
Chapter 14. Emergency and interventional ultrasound
Chapter 15. Additional technologies
Index
About the author
Jan Dodgeon is a former Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for the MSc in Advanced Medical Imaging (Radiology/Ultrasound) and Lead for the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening National Education Programme, University of Salford, UK and Associate Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.
Gill Harrison is Professional Officer for Ultrasound at the Society and College of Radiographers, London and former Ultrasound Programme Director and Associate Professor at City, University of London, UK.
Summary
Clark’s Essential Guide to Clinical Ultrasound is ideal for all users of clinical ultrasound at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. It provides a convenient distillation of the latest best practice and guidelines for sonographers, midwives, vascular technologists, and other health professionals.
