Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Contributors

ix

 

Foreword

xiii

 

Preface

xv

1

Training and Program Development   Michael A. Peterson and Michael J. Lambert

1

2

Equipment   Will Scruggs and J. Christian Fox

15

3

Physics and Image Artifacts   Corky Hecht and Jason Wilkins

49

4

Prehospital Ultrasound: Perspectives from Four Countries

65

 

Germany   Felix Walcher, Franziska Brenner, Nadine Nieuwkamp, Jörg Braun, Thomas Kirschning, Ingo Marzi, and Raoul Breitkreutz

 

 

France   Tomislav Petrovic, Frédéric Lapostolle, and Frederic Adnet

 

 

Italy   Luca Neri, Cristina Frigerio, Carmela Graci, Elena Guffanti, Enrico Storti, and Giancarlo Fontana

 

 

United States of America   William Heegaard, Robert F. Reardon, Dave Spear, Dave Plummer, Scott A. Joing, and Michael Blaivas

 

5

Trauma   O. John Ma, James R. Mateer, and Andrew W. Kirkpatrick

77

6

Cardiac   Robert F. Reardon and Scott A. Joing

109

7

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm   Robert F. Reardon, Thomas Cook, and Dave Plummer

149

8

Hepatobiliary   Daniel Theodoro

169

9

General Surgery Applications   Masaaki Ogata

193

10

Renal   Stuart Swadron and Diku Mandavia

229

11

Testicular   Michael Blaivas

257

12

First-Trimester Pregnancy   Robert F. Reardon and Scott A. Joing

279

13

Second- and Third-Trimester Pregnancy   Bradley W. Frazee and Chandra Aubin

319

14

Gynecologic Concepts   J. Christian Fox and Michael J. Lambert

353

15

Deep Venous Thrombosis   Michael Blaivas

373

16

Soft Tissue   Andreas Dewitz and Bradley W. Frazee

393

17

Ocular Ultrasound   Matthew Lyon and Michael Blaivas

449

18

Pediatric Applications   Daniel D. Price and Michael A. Peterson

463

19

Vascular Access   John S. Rose, Aaron E. Bair, and Aman K. Parikh

495

20

Additional Ultrasound-Guided Procedures   Andreas Dewitz, Robert Jones, and Jessica Goldstein

507

 

Index

553