Table of Contents:
1. Machine set-up
- Before using the machine
- Machine buttons and knobs
- A few quick notes
- Technique
2. Holding the transducerย and transducer movements
- Holding the transducer
- Transducer movements
- Exercises
3. Artefacts
- Introduction
- Acoustic shadowing
- Acoustic enhancement
- Acoustic reflection and refraction
- (Edge-shadowing)
- Reverberation artifact
- Ring down artifact
- Comet tail artifact
- Slice thickness artifact
- Mirror image artifact
- Side lobe artifacts
- Propagation speed error
- Range ambiguity artefact
- Electronic interference
- 4. Liver and gallbladder
- Scanning technique
- Normal appearance
- Variations from normal
5. Spleen
- Scanning technique
- Normal appearance
- Variations from normal
6. Gastrointestinal tract
- Scanning technique
- Normal appearance
- Variations from normal
7. Pancreas
- Scanning technique
- Normal appearance
- Variations from normal
8. Kidneys and ureters
- Scanning technique
- Normal appearance
- Variations from normal
9. Adrenal glands
- Scanning technique
- Normal appearance
- Variations from normal
10. Urinary bladder and urethra
- Scanning technique
- Normal appearance
- Variations from normal
11. Peritoneal cavity, lymph nodesย and major abdominal vessels
- Scanning technique
- Normal appearance
- Variations from normal
12. Prostate gland and testes
- Scanning technique
- Normal appearance
- Variations from normal
13. Ovaries, uterusย and mammary glands
- Scanning technique
- Normal appearance
- Variations from normal
- Pregnancy
- Mammary glands
14. Overview of abdominalย ultrasonography
- Preparation of the examination
- Recommended procedure for abdominalย ultrasound examination
15. Recommended further reading