This text offers the student a firm grounding in normal anatomy and physiology from an ultrasound perspective. After covering anatomy and physiology in the first half of each chapter, it then presents a wealth of ultrasound images to increase the reader's comfort with normal anatomy as it appears during scanning. Most images are accompanied by labeled drawings with detailed legends that explain what the reader is supposed to notice on the ultrasound scans. Instructor resources are available; please contact your Elsevier sales representative for details. * Detailed, labeled line drawings accompany most sonograms to provide reinforcement of what the student should notice on the scan.

* 1,200 images spread over 528 pages ensure students gain a thorough, visual understanding of the field.

* Introduction to Specialty Sonography section gives students an understanding of career options and an understanding of sonographers' work in those areas.

* Abdominal aorta, inferior vena cava and portal venous systems chapters have been moved ahead of the abdominal organ chapters to reflect the order in which most instructors prefer to teach this material.