Radiology Key

Fig. 5.1 Showing typical power button used on a laptop ultrasound device Preset The preset button or the exam button is perhaps one of the most important buttons in an…

Fig. 7.1 Left—Curvilinear probe with orientation marker out of field of view. Right—Curvilinear probe with the orientation marker on the lateral side Fig. 7.2 Left—For the transverse plane, the marker…

Fig. 2.1 Bowel gas is demonstrated as a bright white line at the top of the screen with a gray shadow below obscuring the abdominal organs If the pelvis is…

Fig. 9.1 Approach to ultrasound examination of a young child. The examiner is positioned sitting on the stretcher on the same side as the ultrasound machine, so that the probe…

Fig. 6.1 The patient sits on an exam table at a comfortable height for both patient and clinician. The ultrasound machine can be on the same side of the area…

Fig. 8.1 Ultrasound machine and examiner should be on the patient’s right side to allow for scanning with the right hand Ultrasound machine and setting. The eye is particularly vulnerable…

Fig. 4.1 Normal sonographic anatomy of the skin Glabrous Skin (i.e., Palms and Soles) Epidermis: bilaminar and thick bright hyperechoic layer due to more prominent keratin content. Dermis and Hypodermis…

Fig. 10.1 Depiction of basic B-mode screens of a high frequency linear probe (left) and a curvilinear probe (right) Fig. 10.2 Examples of curvilinear (left) and high frequency linear (right)…

Fig. 3.1 Parasternal long-axis view. Visualization of the right ventricle (RV) superiorly, the left ventricle inferiorly, with the left atrium (LA) and the base or root of the aorta (aorta)…

POCUS Traditional ultrasound Performed and interpreted by the clinician Performed and interpreted by a radiologist or performed by a sonographer and interpreted by a radiologist Performed in real time and…