Böcker av Kerry Thoirs

Medical sonography is a medical imaging modality used across many medical disciplines. Its use is growing, probably due to its relative low cost and easy accessibility. There are now many high quality ultrasound imaging systems available that are easily transportable, making it a diagnostic tool amenable for bedside and office scanning. This book includes applications of sonography that can be used across a number of medical disciplines including radiology, thoracic medicine, urology, rheumatology, obstetrics and fetal medicine and neurology. The book revisits established applications in medical sonography such as biliary, testicular and breast sonography and sonography in early pregnancy, and also outlines some interesting new and advanced applications of sonography.

This book describes a series of experiments which investigated validity and reliability of ultrasound measurements of the ulnar nerve at the elbow. The final experiment tested measurements derived from the first three experiments, for their ability to discriminate between individuals without symptoms of ulnar nerve entrapment and individuals with symptoms of Ulnar nerve entrapment. The book also contains a critical review of the literature.