The third edition has been substantially revised, with many new images (there are now more than 5000). New sections have been added on new imaging techniques, a new chapter has been added on organ transplantation, and obstetrics and gynecology receives greatly expanded treatment. The two volumes contain 62 chapters, divided into the parts of the body. The second volume is devoted entirely to obstetric, fetal, and pediatric sonography, with chapters on the safe use of ultrasound in obstetrics, structural anomalies in the first trimester, sonographic markers of fetal chromosomal defects, sonographic evaluation of the placenta, invasive fetal procedures, neonatal and infant brain imaging, and the pediatric spinal canal. Among the chapter title s in volume one are intraoperative and laparoscopic sonography of the abdomen, and sonography of the thyroid gland, the peripheral veins, the rotator cuff, and the tendons. Initial chapters are devoted to the physics of ultrasound. The contributors an d editors are specialists at hospitals and medical schools mainly in the US and Canada; some are in Europe. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Rumack, Carol M., MD (Univ of Colorado Health Sciences Center); Wilson, Stephanie R., MD (Univ of Toronto); Charboneau, J. William, MD (Mayo Clinic)The contributors represent the specialties of radiology, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and maternal fetal medicine. Most come from universities and hospitals in the U.S. and Canada, with one from Italy. Institutions prominently represented include Univ of Toronto, Mayo Clinic, Harvard, Univ of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Univ of Manitoba, and Univ of Michigan.

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