Includes bibliographical references and index.

Clinical Applications --- Before, During, and After the Ultrasound Examination --- Ultrasound Instrumentation: "Knobology," Imaging Processing, and Storage --- General Patient Care --- Introduction to Ergonomics and Sonographer SafetySection II: Sonographic Approach to Understanding Anatomy --- Interdependent Body Systems6. Anatomy Layering and Sectional Anatomy --- Embryology --- Introduction to Laboratory ValuesSection III: Abdominal Sonography --- The Abdominal Aorta --- The Inferior Vena Cava --- The Portal Venous System --- The Liver --- The Biliary System --- The Pancreas --- The Urinary and Adrenal System --- Abdominal Vasculature Flow Dynamics --- The Spleen --- The Gastrointestinal SystemSection IV: Pelvic Sonography --- The Male Pelvis: Prostate Gland and Seminal Vesicles Sonography --- The Female PelvisSection V: Obstetric and Neonatal Sonography --- First Trimester Obstetrics (0 to 12 Weeks) --- Second and Third Trimester Obstetrics (13 to 42 Weeks) --- High-Risk Obstetrics --- Fetal Echocardiography --- The Neonatal BrainSection VI: Small Parts Sonography --- The Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands --- Breast Sonography28. Scrotal and Penile SonographySection VIII: Specialty Sonography --- Pediatric Echocardiography --- Adult Echocardiography --- Vascular TechnologySection IX: Advances in Sonography --- 3D/4D/5D Sonography --- Interventional and Intraoperative Sonography --- Musculoskeletal Sonography --- Pediatric Sonography