Main description:

This is a 'user friendly' book, written specifically for the clinician, and offers a hands-on approach to using ultrasound in the evaluation and management of thyroid disease. It discusses new information regarding ultrasound and the subtleties one needs to know in the application of this technique. The book also presents many new innovative uses of ultrasound that are being implemented worldwide. This continues to be an important book, filling a void that exists in this field.

Contents:

List of contributors.- Preface.- Acknowledgments.- History of Thyroid Ultrasound.- Principles of Ultrasound Physics.- Color-Flow and Power Doppler Sonography.- Normal and Abnormal Ultrasound Anatomy of the Neck.- Ultrasound of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease.- Ultrasound of Thyroid Nodules.- Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy.- The Role of Ultrasound in Managing Thyroid Cancer.- Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Ethanol Injection.- Ultrasound-guided Laser and Other Ablative Techniques.- Index.