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Fig. 2.1 A morbidly obese, 55-year-old woman with endometrial cancer was found to have periportal lymphadenopathy. Diagnostic contrast-enhanced CT image of the abdomen (a) shows a 1.5 cm lymph node…

Fig. 18.1 Illustration of an ultrasound-guided renal biopsy in the sagittal plane shows sampling of the renal cortex from the inferior pole. The right kidney is most commonly selected due…

Fig. 24.1 A 23-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of increasing discomfort in his right proximal lateral calf. The patient brought outside images of both fibulas on plain film…

Fig. 4.1 A 51-year-old man with a history of lymphoma was referred for biopsy of an enlarged right cervical lymph node. A high-frequency (6–15 MHz) linear transducer was used to…

Fig. 12.1 US-guided pleural biopsy. Axial CT image of the chest (a) shows a focal pleural mass (arrow). Grayscale ultrasound image (b) during the biopsy shows the echogenic biopsy needle…

Fig. 15.2 Ultrasound-guided splenic biopsy. A 58-year-old woman with a history of mucinous cystadenoma of the ovary presented with an enlarging focal lesion within the spleen. Ultrasound image demonstrates the…

Fig. 8.1 Direct smear prepared from FNAB sample of a lung mass and stained using the Papanicolaou method. Note the presence of many tumor cells with prominent nucleoli. The presence…

Fig. 3.1 Distribution of dose within a patient undergoing an angiographic procedure using a PA projection Fig. 3.2 Distribution of dose within a patient undergoing a CT procedure. (a) Small…

Fig. 6.1 Fluoroscopic-guided lung biopsy. A 63-year-old woman with newly diagnosed right upper lobe lung lesion was referred for biopsy. Axial CT image of the chest (a) shows a 2.3…

Term Definition Medical global positioning system (GPS) Localization of a device or image in relation to prior pre-procedural imaging. The electromagnetic field generator is the “satellite” and the needle tip…