Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound By Vicki Noble, Bret Nelson, Nicholas Sutingco

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This is a practical and concise introduction to bedside emergency ultrasound. It covers the full spectrum of conditions diagnosed via this modality, both for guiding invasive procedures and for diagnosis in critical-care settings. It introduces the major applications for emergency ultrasound by using focused diagnostic questions and teaching the image acquisition skills needed to answer these questions. Images of positive and negative findings for each application (FAST, ECHO, etc.) are presented, as well as scanning tips for improved image quality. Each section contains a review of the literature supporting each application.
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Amazon Sales Rank: #150767 in Books
Published on: 2007-10-22
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
254 pages
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About the Author
Vicki Noble received her MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999. She completed a fellowship in emergency ultrasound at St.Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York and became a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer in 2004. She is a Fellow of the Amercian College of Emergency Physicians and is the Ultrasound Section subcommittee chair for education and practice standards. She has been awarded the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Excellence Award as well as being nominated for the Harvard University Medical School Teaching award and the Brian McGovern Award for Clinical Excellence at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has taught extensively in emergency ultrasound both in the United States and internationally. She is currently practicing in Boston at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she is the Director of Emergency Ultrasound. Dr. Nicholas Sutingco is a board-certified Staff Emergency Physician currently in community practice at the INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital and at The Fauquier Hospital in Virginia. He is the Director of Emergency Ultrasound QI/QA at these institutions. He received his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine, and completed his residency training in emergency medicine at the Harvard-Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (Massachusetts General Hospital and the Brigham & Women's Hospital). He is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians and is RDMS-eligible in 2007. He has taught courses in emergency ultrasound during his residency in Boston and currently within the INOVA (Northern Virginia) hospital system. Dr Bret Nelson is Director of Emergency Ultrasound for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, and the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. He has taught courses on ultrasound throughout Europe and the United States and received the Excellence in Teaching award at Mount Sinai.
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Excellent Ultrasound Primer
This is the ideal guide for emergency and ICU ultrasound. The reasons why I can highly recommend this book:
* Beautiful diagrams combined with actual ultrasound images
* Length is digestible by busy physicians, but includes all the crucial points on each modality
* Fantastic procedural section, which allows you to utilize ultrasound to increase the success rate and safety of your procedures the same day you read the chapter.
* Layout is easy to use and aesthetically pleasing.
* Includes up-to-date evidence for each technique.

This text is ideal for both beginners and intermediate ultrasound practitioners.

Essential resource for the full range of ED ultrasound applications
This book seems ideal for both beginners and more advanced users as well. The manual covers all the accepted and emerging uses of ultrasound - not just FAST, echocardiography, and line placement, but optic nerve sheath diameter, foreign body localization, DVT identification, and more.

Each color-coded topic features multiple high-quality images of normal and abnormal views, and anatomical illustrations to demonstrate proper probe positioning. The writing is straightforward, and equally suitable for "on the job" referencing or reviewing at leisure. The chapters include troubleshooting and pitfalls sections loaded with helpful imaging tips, and lit review tables to guide researchers, over and above the extensive bibliography. I also appreciated the helpful sample clinical protocols, included to guide physicians' decision-making for starting therapy, calling consults, or considering other imaging methods.

Altogether, this concise manual is packed with information to guide physicians at all levels of training through the full range of ED ultrasonography. Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound ought to be part of every department's library.

The Best Emergency Ultrasound Text
This is the best introductory text to emergency ultrasound that I've ever read. Like all introductory books, it starts with a brief, useful introduction to the physics of ultrasound concentrating on those aspects relevant to emergency applications. The book then moves to diagnostic and procedural uses of ultrasound in the ED. These sections go far beyond the traditional topics of the FAST exam and central line placement to include such varied applications as chest ultrasound, ocular US, foreign body removal, joint aspiration, lumbar puncture, etc. Further unlike other texts, this manual supports the text with quality anatomic diagrams along with sonographic images of both normal and abnormal examples. This method of demonstrating anatomy in conjunction with a normal sonographic image juxtaposed next to an abnormal image is extremely helpful and is sorely lacking in other books of this type. If you are looking for an excellent introduction to ED ultrasound, this is the book!

Cardiovascular Imaging: A Handbook for Clinical Practice (European Society of Cardiology) From Wiley-Blackwell

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This book is focused on the use of non-invasive imaging in clinical cardiology. Its central theme is the use of different imaging modalities in the routine clinical problems that physicians encounter on a regular basis. Many different clinical issues are discussed, including valvular disease, coronary artery disease, and myocardial and pericardial disease. In these various pathologies, the applications of echocardiography, nuclear imaging, CMR and MSCT are highlighted.



The majority of chapters are illustrated with a clinical case study and with moving images, which are contained on the accompanying CD. These case studies offer excellent examples of how to use the imaging modalities in clinical cardiology. Contributors are from Europe, the US and Asia to provide a global perspective.

The ESC Education Series
This book with its supporting CD is part of the ESC Education Series. The series is designed to provide medical professionals with the latest information about the understanding, diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases. Where available, management recommendations are based on the established European Guidelines, which encompass the best techniques to use with each cardiac disease. Throughout the series, the leading international opinion leaders have been chosen to edit and contribute to the books. The information is presented in a succinct and accessible format with a clinical focus.
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Amazon Sales Rank: #661864 in Books
Published on: 2005-10-01
Number of items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
312 pages
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From the Back Cover
This book and supporting CD are part of the ESC Education Series. The series is designed to provide medical professionals with the latest information about the understanding, diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases.

Non-invasive imaging is developing a frantic pace and is being implemented more and more in the diagnostic and prognostic work-up of patients with heart disease. this volume provides insight into the use of different imaging modalities in clinical settings, focusing on frequently observed diseases, rather than the imaging modalities themselves.

This logical approach provides basic information on the relevance of each imaging modality in these various diseases, and then highlights each one in a clinical case that all cardiologists will frequently encounter.

Cardiovascular imaging: An handbook for clinical practice is an essential contribution to your collection.

About the Author
Jeroen Bax
Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Specialism: Nuclear Cardiology

Christopher Kramer
University of Virginia Health System, Department of Radiology and Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Specialism: Cardiac MRI

Thomas H. Marwick
Professor of Medicine and Head of Section, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Specialism: Echocardiology

William Wijns
Cardiovascular Centre, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium
Specialism: General Imaging

An Atlas and Manual of Coronary Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging From Informa Healthcare

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Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is an imaging technique used during coronary angiography. This book provides a systematic introduction to coronary imaging with (IVUS). It is divided into two integrated and extensively cross-referenced parts, the Atlas and the Manual. The Manual describes the rationale, method, and interpretation of IVUS imaging for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. It also presents a range of both established and evolving clinical and research applications. The Atlas features non-illustrated IVUS images together with corresponding illustrated figures. The reference list and subject index are connected to the Atlas and the Manual, allowing for rapid and easy access to information.

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* Amazon Sales Rank: #1085919 in Books
* Published on: 2003-11-19
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 168 pages

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This is an excellent manual for self-education and SpRs specialising in intervention, and also for reference by those of us who only perform small numbers of IVUS cases per year.
- Cardiology News, Vol. 7, No. 5, June/July 2004

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The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH. Atlas/manual provides an introduction to coronary imaging with intravascular ultrasound. Covers interventional applications, restenotic lesions and in-stent restonosis, assessment of transplant vasculopathy, assessment of plaque vulnerability, and serial examination of progression-regression of coronary artery disease. Abundant illustrations.

The Radiology of Acute Cervical Spine Trauma By John H. Harris, Stuart E. Mirvis

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...many of the original images have been replaced, and the number of ilustrations has increased by more than 50%... includes expanded discussion on the role of CT, 3D-CT, and MRI.
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Amazon Sales Rank: #1389969 in Books
Published on: 1996-01
Number of items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
512 pages
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University of Texas, Houston. Third edition of a reference on the accurate diagnosis of acute blunt cervical spine trauma through radiographic and imaging techniques. Previous edition 1987. Describes normal anatomic variants, and specific injuries. For clinicians and residents.

Vascular Embolotherapy: A Comprehensive Approach, Volume 2: Oncology, Trauma, Gene Therapy, Vascular Malformations, and Neck (Medical Radiology / Diag

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Endovascular embolization therapy has made remarkable progress during the past two decades, driven primarily by improvements in digital imaging, breakthroughs in microcatheter technology and coil design, and the development of new embolic materials. Initially employed in the management of musculoskeletal trauma, embolization therapy now has a wide range of applications. It permits effective non-operative management of major hepatic, splenic, and renal injuries that once posed a tremendous challenge to the trauma surgeon and has also become an integral facet of the modern oncology center.

Further important indications include uterine fibroids, vascular malformations, visceral aneurysms and GI bleeding. This volume and volume 1 present the current state of the art in this exciting and growing field. High informational content is supplemented by detailed graphics, providing a comprehensive reference work for both experts and novices in the field.

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* Amazon Sales Rank: #127243 in Books
* Published on: 2006-04-11
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 338 pages

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From the reviews:

"I would like to congratulate the editors and authors on producing Vascular Embolotherapy: A Comprehensive Approach, which provide a thorough overview of this fascinating specialty. They are informed and well-written texts, which cover both basic and advanced embolization techniques. I would highly recommend these texts, which are easy both to read and to use as a practical day-to-day reference guide. This publication is an ideal introduction to this exciting and rapidly expanding subspecialty." (SM Lyon, Australian Journal of Radiology, 2007)

Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Techniques, Indications and Practical Applications From Springer

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The advent of contrast-enhanced MRA in the early to mid 1990s revolutionized the clinical approach to vascular imaging: an accurate non-invasive imaging modality, not requiring ionizing radiation or potentially nephrotoxic iodinated contrast media, was able to compete with the more hazardous and invasive catheter angiography. Today, MRA is a safe, easy-to-perform procedure routinely used in most imaging centers, and the continued development of faster, more powerful magnets and more effective contrast agents is increasingly helping to overcome many of the early limitations of the technique. Subdivided into three sections (technique, indications and practical applications) and written by internationally renowned experts in the field, this volume stands out in the current literature on MRA by providing:

- detailed information on sequence parameters for different magnets and vascular territories for the optimization of the MRA technique;

- a broad overview of the principal indications for which contrast-enhanced MR angiography is ideally suited;

- the typical MR imaging findings associated with various pathologies;

- the appropriateness of contrast-enhanced MRA as compared with other modalities, such as CTA and CEUS;

- the potential pitfalls and limitations of the technique in clinical routine.

The volume will prove invaluable to radiologists and clinicians wishing to expand, improve, or consolidate their routine approach to vascular MR imaging.

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* Amazon Sales Rank: #1843208 in Books
* Published on: 2005-04-19
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 358 pages

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From the reviews:

"The latest book available covering the evolving sub-speciality of magnetic resonance angiography.Practitioners...will refer to this textbook again and again. A very attractive feature of this textbook is the utilisation of simple block diagrams to display anatomical and congenital variations. These are done with great clarity and are extremely useful in many instances. Overall, however, I believe this to be an excellent textbook which covers the whole field of MR angiography in an extremely worthwhile manner with multiple images of superb quality. I think this book has set the standard for textbooks on magnetic resonance angiography for the years to come." (RAD Magazine, September, 2005)

"It is a comprehensive book, which has been written for professionals referring the patients as well as for those (radiologists and technicians) who take care of them at the MR suite. This book is recommended to radiologists in training and to experienced radiologists and technicians involved in magnetic resonance. Nonradiologists professionals can find very valuable information in this book which provides an excellent approach of MR indications and limitations." (M. Chaker and J.-N. Dacher, Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, Vol. 27 (6), 2005)

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Schneider (Eds.), Magnetic Resonance Angiography

Head and Neck Cancer Imaging (Medical Radiology / Diagnostic Imaging) From Springer

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This book provides a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art imaging in head and neck cancer. Precise determination of tumor extent is of the utmost importance in these neoplasms, as it has important consequences for staging of disease, prediction of outcome and choice of treatment. Only the radiologist can fully appreciate submucosal, perineural, and perivascular tumor spread and detect metastatic disease at an early stage. Imaging is also of considerable benefit for patient surveillance after treatment. All imaging modalities currently used in the management of head and neck neoplasms are considered in depth, and in addition newer techniques such as PET-CT and diffusion-weighted MRI are discussed. This book will help the reader to recommend, execute and report head and neck imaging studies at a high level of sophistication and thereby to become a respected member of the team managing head and neck cancer.
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Amazon Sales Rank: #1058845 in Books
Published on: 2006-03-22
Number of items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
370 pages
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From the reviews:

From Oncology News, Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2006: '...I would highly recommend this to any radiologist with even a spartan involvement in head and neck cancer.'

"This is very much a traditional format textbook dealing with the imaging aspects of head and neck oncology. On the whole, the text is of very good quality and clearly explains important issues relating to head and neck cancer. this is a valuable textbook, probably best suited to the radiologists and the images would provide an excellent source of reference for more difficult cases. I thoroughly recommend its purchase to any unit specialising in this area." (Dr. I. Moseley, RAD Magazine, March, 2007)

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http://myprofile.cos.com/roberthermans

Breast Disorders, An Issue of Surgical Clinics (The Clinics: Surgery) by L. Newman

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This issue will summarize the current position of how surgeons diagnose and manage breast disorders of both malignant and benign conditions.
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Amazon Sales Rank: #1913666 in Books
Published on: 2007-06-07
Number of items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
240 pages

Breast, An Issue of Ultrasound Clinics (The Clinics: Radiology) by Gary Whitman

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Amazon Sales Rank: #1434222 in Books
Published on: 2007-04-04
Number of items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
240 pages

Pediatric Ultrasound: Intraoperative Ultrasound, An Issue of Ultrasound Clinics (The Clinics: Radiology) by Brian D. Coley

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Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Topics include jaundice in infants and children; pediatric portal hypertension; renal failure in neonates, infants, and children; sonographic evaluation of the child with lower abdominal or pelvic pain; the acute pediatric scrotum; the painful extremity; and more. For radiologists.
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* Amazon Sales Rank: #1419415 in Books
* Published on: 2006-10-04
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 240 pages

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About the Author
Brian D. Coley, MD; Robert A. Kane, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Chief for Administration; Director of Ultrasound, Radiology Department, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; and Jonathan Kruskal, MD

New Technologies in Radiation Oncology (Medical Radiology / Radiation Oncology) From Springer

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This book provides an overview of recent advances in radiation oncology, many of which have originated from physics and engineering sciences. After an introductory section on basic aspects of 3D medical imaging, the role of 3D imaging in the context of radiotherapy is explored in a series of chapters on the various modern imaging techniques. A further major section addresses 3D treatment planning for conformal radiotherapy, with consideration of both external radiotherapy and brachytherapy. Subsequently the modern techniques of 3D conformal radiotherapy are described, including stereotactic radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, image-guided and adaptive radiotherapy, and radiotherapy with charged particles. More clinically oriented chapters explore the use of brachytherapy in patients with prostate cancer, cardiovascular disorders and breast cancer. The book concludes with sections on patient positioning and quality assurance. The text is specifically designed to be accessible to professionals and students with a medical background as well as to newcomers to radiation oncology from the field of physics.
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Amazon Sales Rank: #1616328 in Books
Published on: 2006-07-26
Number of items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
464 pages
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"This is a very good book. It is extremely comprehensive and, I suspect, aimed at a variety of audiences. There is certainly information in this book for the clinical oncologist, radiation planning physicist, diagnostic radiologist and both therapy and diagnostic radiographers. The greatest target audience of the book is probably radiation planning physicists. This book is a mine of information . It should find its way to departmental libraries ." (Dr. R. P. Symonds, RAD Magazine, October, 2006)

"New Technologies in Radiation Oncology provides an excellent overview of recent advances in the field, such as 3D treatment planning for conformal radiotherapy, stereotactic radiotherapy, proton therapy and image-guided, time-adapted radiotherapy systems. the clarity of the explanations together with the many excellent photos and illustrations make the book accessible not only to radiation oncologists and medical physicists but also to any physician interested in the subject." (Cancer World, September-October 2006)

About the Author

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schlegel studied Physics at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Heidelberg. He is the head of the Medical Physics department at the German Cancer Research Center (dkfz) in Heidelberg and Professor for Medical Physics at the University of Heidelberg.


Prof. Thomas Bortfeld studied Physics at the Universities of Hannover and Heidelberg. He received his training in Medical Physics at the DKFZ in Heidelberg. He is now the Director of Physics Research in Radiation Oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.


Dr. Anca-Ligia Grosu studied medicine in Cluj (Romania) and received her MD in Radiation Oncology at the Technical University of Munich. She is the Head of the Brain Stereotactical Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery Group of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Technical University and the Vice-President of the Neuro-Oncology-Group at the Tumour Center in Munich.