Catherine Roy – författare

This book, the seventh in the series Exercises in Radiological Diagnosis, deals with sonography, an imaging procedure in which the ability of the radiologist plays an exceptionally important role. The author, Catherine Roy, has very extensive experience in the clinical use of sonography. She has selected the images, which are of excellent quality, with great care to illustrate a wide range of conditions and has supplemented them by commentaries and discussions which are easy to comprehend. The systematic use of schematic drawings to interpret the images makes it possible for the reader to follow the author's approach without any difficulty. Schematic drawings are par­ ticularly important in sonography because the relationship be­ tween the details in the images and the anatomy may be very weak. Images, schematic drawings, and text (both commentaries and interpretations) are three didactic elements which Cathe­ rine Roy has skill-fully combined in these exercises into an excellent whole. A. WACKENHEIM v Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Iconography, Commentary with Corresponding Schemata. . 2 Subject Index 203 VII Introduction Ultrasound imaging of the abdomen has now become a routine investi­ gation. It has brought about changes in the procedure of additional investigations and even rendered part of conventional radiology redun­ dant, particularly that concerning the bile ducts. These exercises are meant for students or physicians who already have basic knowledge of ultrasound diagnosis. It has not been possible to cover the entire spectrum of abdominal pathology, especially trauma, with 114 cases.

Dieser Band der Reihe "Radiodiagnostische Übungen" befaßt sich mit der Ultraschalldiagnostik des Abdomens. Er richtet sich sowohl an Studenten als auch an Radiologen und Ärzte, die bereits über sonographische Kenntnisse verfügen. Die hier dokumentierten Fälle geben dem Leser einen Überblick über die pathologischen Veränderungen des Abdomens. Zu jeder Übung gehören ein bis vier Sonogramme und, falls für die Diagnose unentbehrlich, auch das entsprechende Computertomogramm. An die Diagnose wird der Leser in drei Schritten herangeführt: Organerkennung, Lokalisation der Schnittebenen und semiologische Analyse. Sämtliche Abbildungen sind mit sonographischen und/oder klinischen Kommentaren erläutert, die den Leser auch auf diagnostisch besonders schwierige Einzelheiten aufmerksam machen. Die Übungen sind entsprechend den Organen unterteilt: Leber und Galle, Nieren und Nebennieren, Pankreas, Milz usw. Alle gezeigten Fälle entstammen der Alltagspraxis und sind nach steigendem Schwierigkeitsgrad geordnet.

This book, the seventh in the series Exercises in Radiological Diagnosis, deals with sonography, an imaging procedure in which the ability of the radiologist plays an exceptionally important role. The author, Catherine Roy, has very extensive experience in the clinical use of sonography. She has selected the images, which are of excellent quality, with great care to illustrate a wide range of conditions and has supplemented them by commentaries and discussions which are easy to comprehend. The systematic use of schematic drawings to interpret the images makes it possible for the reader to follow the author''s approach without any difficulty. Schematic drawings are par­ ticularly important in sonography because the relationship be­ tween the details in the images and the anatomy may be very weak. Images, schematic drawings, and text (both commentaries and interpretations) are three didactic elements which Cathe­ rine Roy has skill-fully combined in these exercises into an excellent whole. A. WACKENHEIM v Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Iconography, Commentary with Corresponding Schemata. . 2 Subject Index 203 VII Introduction Ultrasound imaging of the abdomen has now become a routine investi­ gation. It has brought about changes in the procedure of additional investigations and even rendered part of conventional radiology redun­ dant, particularly that concerning the bile ducts. These exercises are meant for students or physicians who already have basic knowledge of ultrasound diagnosis. It has not been possible to cover the entire spectrum of abdominal pathology, especially trauma, with 114 cases.