Main description:

This user-friendly second edition provides a practical introduction to gynaecological ultrasound. It describes and explains background anatomy and physiology, instrumentation and how to make the best use of equipment. Emphasis is placed on how to maximise image quality, and how to recognise normal and pathological features. The volume also assesses other relevant diagnostic techniques and various management strategies, and evaluates the role of ultrasound as part of patient management. It includes chapters on pathology of the uterus, ovaries and adnexae, paediatric and trauma cases, together with management of infertility and other gynaecological perspectives of patient management. Illustrated throughout with numerous high-quality ultrasound images and line drawings, many of them new for this latest edition, this is essential reading for practitioners in training, including radiologists, gynaecologists and sonographers.

Contents:

1. Equipment selection and technique A. J. Evans; 2. Practical equipment, operation and technique Jane Bates; 3. Anatomy, physiology and ultrasound appearances Jane Bates; 4. Pathology of the uterus cervix and the vagina Josephine M. McHugo; 5. Pathology of the ovaries, fallopian tubes and adnexae Damian J. M. Tolan and Michael J. Weston; 6. Ultrasound in the acute pelvis H. Massouh; 7. Ultrasound and fertility Stephen Killick; 8. Paediatric gynaecological ultrasound David W. Pilling; 9. Clinical management of patients: the gynaecologist's perspective Lynne Rogerson, Chris Kremer and Sean Duffy.