Thethird edition of this practical reference guide has been updated with amodern, visually attractive design and expanded content. The book isideal for healthcare professionals with little or no experience inadministering and interpreting abdominal ultrasound examinations. It ispractice-oriented and structured in a way that allows readers withvarying degrees of ultra-sonography knowledge to utilize the materialaccording to their individual experience and needs. Eachchapter includes a systematic, detailed description of the anatomyinvolved in the ultrasound examination, with easy-to-digest steps thatfollow standardized routine and protocol. That straight-forwardapproach, coupled with more than 1,000 high-quality images andillustrations, enables hands-on learning, yielding the ability toassimilate these techniques quickly and adeptly. This is astellar resource that provides the requisite tools to locate anddisplay the anatomical structure being tested, position and move thetransducers accurately, describe and interpret the findings correctly,and differentiate key findings from the many image artifacts thattypically occur. Key Highlights: In-depthdiscussion of organ boundaries, organ details, anatomicalrelationships, potentially abnormal findings, tips and clearly definedlearning objectives Anatomical drawings incorporate a sliced 3-D view that show how the structures are displayed by the sector-shaper beam Each chapter includes a series of images replicating the 3-D impression that results from the transducer moving across the body Schematic drawings illustrate the ultrasound images, including a body marker that shows the transducer position The sono-consultant: a systematic guide to evaluating ultrasound findings and establishing a differential diagnosis Thisstep-by-step guide is an invaluable, pragmatic resource to have on handwhile performing abdominal ultrasound on the patient. In-depth butconcise, this is an essential teaching guide for medical students,residents, technicians and physicians who need to learn and masterthese examination techniques.