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<section id="description" style="font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px;"><div class="collapsable text"><p style="margin-bottom: 1.3em;">Now fully updated with&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">more than 2,000 new images, 200 new videos, and new content throughout,</span>&nbsp;<i>Diagnostic Ultrasound, 5th Edition,&nbsp;</i>by Drs. Carol M. Rumack and Deborah Levine, remains&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">the most comprehensive and authoritative ultrasound resource</span>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">available</span>. Spanning a wide range of medical specialties and practice settings, it provides&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">complete, detailed information on the latest techniques</span>&nbsp;for ultrasound imaging of the whole body; image-guided procedures; fetal, obstetric, and pediatric imaging; and much more. Up-to-date guidance from experts in the field keep you abreast of&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">expanding applications</span>&nbsp;of this versatile imaging modality and help you understand the “how” and “why” of ultrasound use and interpretation.</p><ul style="list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 1.3em;">Covers&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">all aspects of diagnostic ultrasound</span>&nbsp;with sections for Physics; Abdominal, Pelvic, Small Parts, Vascular, Obstetric, and Pediatric Sonography.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 1.3em;">Uses a&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">straightforward writing style</span>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">extensive image panels with correlative findings</span>.</li></ul><ul style="list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 1.3em; list-style-type: none;"><ul style="list-style: disc; margin: 1.5em 0px 1.5em 3em; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 1.3em;">Features&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">5,000 images – more than 2,000 brand-new –&nbsp;</span>including new 2D and 3D imaging as well as the use of contrast agents and elastography.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 1.3em;">Includes a&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">new virtual chapter on artifacts</span>&nbsp;with individually labelled images from throughout the book, displaying artifacts with descriptive legends by category and how they can be used in diagnosis or corrected for better quality imaging.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 1.3em;">Features&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">more images and new uses for contrast agents in the liver</span>, breast, and in pediatric applications. Includes current information on imaging more&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">diagnostic dilemmas</span>, such as&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">Zika virus</span>&nbsp;in the fetus and newborn.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 1.3em;">Includes&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bolder;">400 video clips</span>&nbsp;showing real-time scanning of anatomy and pathology.</li></ul></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: 1.3em;">&nbsp;</p></div></section>