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Scanning Protocols
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Abdominal Ultrasound
How, Why and When
3rd Edition
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Ultrasound continues to be one of the most important diagnostic tools in medicine and is used by a wide range of healthcare professionals across many applications. This book provides a practical, clinically relevant guide for all practitioners working in the field of abdominal ultrasound. Its aim is to enable the operator to maximize the diagnostic information and recognize the limitations of ultrasound scans.
Abdominal Ultrasound is written and edited by one of the leading consultant sonographers in the UK who is based at one of the principal centers for abdominal ultrasound. The book provides a working manual for the busy practioner and is invaluable as a textbook for those wishing to enter the field.
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 Covers the basic related anatomy, technique and ultrasound
appearances together with the most common pathological
processes.
Contains over 750 illustrations, including over 150 in color.
Succinct but comprehensive and well referenced.
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New to This Edition
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Covers the basic related anatomy, techniques and ultrasound
appearances together with the most common pathological
processes.
Full color text throughout.
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Essentials of Sonography and Patient Care
2nd Edition
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Basic, need-to-know information for classroom and clinic!
This book will help you succeed, whether you're a beginning student or a practicing sonographer. For students, it covers important terminology, ultrasound technology, and the sonographer's role on the medical team. It also covers study techniques such as note taking, effective listening, and test-taking strategies. For the practitioner and the student entering the clinical environment, it offers step-by-step descriptions of basic medical procedures and how to interact with patients in a clinical setting. This book also prepares students for the transition into practice—covering expectations in various clinical settings, continuing education, sonography specialties, and career options. Saunders. 65 illustrations. 294 pp.
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Expanded coverage of body mechanics and proper scanning
posture to prevent repetitive motion musculoskeletal injury
Updated information on ultrasound technology
Discussion of ethics, scope of practice, and practice standards
Chapter on legal considerations for sonographers
Objectives and Key Terms in chapter openers
Note Boxes highlighting important information
Electronic image archiving and patient records, including HIPAA
information
Frequently needed patient instructions in Spanish
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Obstetric Ultrasound
How, Why and When
3rd Edition
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Highly illustrated and practical, this introduction to obstetric ultrasound provides a step-by-step guide for those new to ultrasound as well as a source of reference for the more experienced ultrasonographer. The content details the use of ultrasound in all aspects of pregnancy, as well as many other commonly encountered gynecological situations.
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The order of material follows a logical approach to the use of
ultrasound in pregnancy that's easy to learn and remember.
Comprehensive and user-friendly, this resource provides basic
knowledge of the ultrasound.
The content offers accurate, precise, relevant, and applicable
information that could be useful for a new student or an
experienced practitioner.
High-quality images aid the reader in coming to an understanding
of difficult topics.
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New to This Edition
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Completely rewritten and updated, this text features the most
current information available.
A large number of new illustrations, including many full-color
Doppler images, highlight important topics.
Color is used throughout the book, creating a fresh, vibrant look.
New chapter on screening includes new material on screening for
Down's Syndrome, a critical topic in this field.
New information on medico-legal implications, audit, and safety
provide the reader with knowledge of real-world issues.
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Pocket Protocols for Ultrasound Scanning
2nd Edition
A handy and portable spiral-bound set of AIUM-compliant protocols designed to open and stand up in the exam area. Adapted from Tempkin's Ultrasound Scanning: Principles & Protocols, this pocket guide features step-by-step protocols specifying the scanning plane, approach, views to document, and how to label each image. Each sonogram is accompanied by an explanatory schematic that identifies all of the anatomy. For sonographers, radiologic techs, and registry candidates. Top 5-star rating from Amazon. Saunders. 400 illustrations. 685 pp. | |
Ultrasound Scanning
Principles & Protocols
3rd Edition
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This popular clinical reference illustrates in step-by-step detail how to perform AIUM-compliant ultrasound protocols and produce high-quality, standardized diagnostic sonograms for physicians. A remarkably useful technical reference for ultrasound professionals, departments, students, and registry candidates, this visual guide contains detailed instructions for imaging, documenting, and labeling pathology. Here is what you will find:
Location, anatomy, physiology.
Illustrated protocols.
Step-by-step sonographic survey by plane and approach.
Images required for a complete exam and physician interpretation.
Explanatory schematic illustrations side-by-side with sonograms.
Criteria for professionalism and clinical skills.
Requisites for handling ultrasound equipment.
Techniques for obtaining and labeling optimal images.
A universal method for scanning and documenting pathology.
Everything is covered—scanning planes and methods, pathology protocol, abdomen, pelvis, small parts (including breast and neonatal brain), vasculature, heart. The perfect clinical companion? . . . Tempkin's Pocket Protocols for Ultrasound Scanning. Saunders. 672 pp. | |
Vascular Laboratory Policies & Procedures Manual
LabDisk 3.0.12 for Windows
For labs applying for ICAVL or AIUM accreditation, writing an acceptable policies & procedures manual can be the single most time-consuming task. LabDisk delivers—and makes it a snap to customize—60 SVU-endorsed policy and procedure documents written and edited by the experts to an exacting, peer-reviewed standard. Includes references for each protocol. How easy is it?
1. Install it.
2. Edit it.
3. Print it.
Endorsed and sponsored by the Society of Vascular Ultrasound, LabDisk comes on CD-ROM in a large 3-ring binder with complete, simple instructions. Call our toll-free number for a no-risk 30-day trial. New low price for limited time! | |
Vascular Ultrasound
How, Why and When
3rd Edition
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This book provides an understanding of the underlying scientific principles in the production of B-mode and Colour Flow imaging and Spectral Doppler sonograms. A basic description of common vascular diseases is given along with a practical guide as to how ultrasound is used to detect and quantify the disease. Possible treatments of common vascular diseases and disorders are outlined. Ultrasound is often used in post-treatment assessment and this is also discussed. The role of ultrasound in the formation and follow-up of haemodialysis access is a growing field and is covered in detail.
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Practical step-by-step guide to peripheral vasular ultrasound.
Explains the basic scientific principles of ultrasound instrumention
and blood flow.
Fully illustrated with 175 black and white scans, 150 colour scans
and 220 black and white and colour line drawings.
Contributions from leading names in peripheral vascular ultrasound.
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Accompanying DVD includes cine loops of ultrasound scans in
normal and diseased vessels and of optimum scans to
show potential pitfalls and common mistakes.
Four new chapters and two new contributors, both clinical lecturers
in vascular ultrasound.
New chapter on treatment techniques of particular interest to
vascular surgeons who increasingly are required to learn basic
scanning skills.
Sections on ultrasound instrumentation updated to cover new
developments in equipment such as broadband colour imaging.
Current practices in all the vascular ultrasound applications covered
are reviewed and updated.
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