2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1. Velocity (m/sec) of sound through common body tissues or substan...Figure 2.2. Acoustic impedance (106 kg/m2sec) of common body tissues or subs...Figure 2.3. Attenuation (db/cm/MHz) in common tissues. Attenuation of sound ...
3 Chapter 3Figure 3.1. Dirty and clean shadowing. (A) "Dirty shadowing" created by air,...Figure 3.2. Edge shadowing artifact. (A) An edge shadowing artifact is seen ...Figure 3.3. Acoustic enhancement artifact. Because there is less attenuation...Figure 3.4. Mirror artifact. The gallbladder appearing to be on both sides o...Figure 3.5. Reverberation artifact. (A) Reverberation artifact, also known a...Figure 3.6. Pseudo B‐lines. The B‐line artifact begins at the lung's p...Figure 3.7. Sediment versus side‐lobe and slice‐thickness artifact....
4 Chapter 4Figure 4.1. Longitudinal and transverse orientation shown on anatomical plan...Figure 4.2. Examples of image planes for the kidney. In (A) the kidney is sh...Figure 4.3. Standard ultrasound screen orientation, longitudinal (sagittal) ...Figure 4.4. Electronic ultrasound probes and their characteristic B‐mode ima...Figure 4.5. Angle of insonation. The angle at which the ultrasound beams str...Figure 4.6. Rocking. The position of the probe is not moved on the patient a...Figure 4.7. Fanning. The position of the probe is not moved on the patient a...Figure 4.8. Rotating. The probe remains on the same focal point of the patie...Figure 4.9. Sliding. The probe is moved across the body in the longitudinal ...Figure 4.10. Sweeping. The probe is moved across the body in the transverse ...Figure 4.11. Pressure/Compression. Neither the probe position on the body ...Figure 4.12. Labeling the image. The same image in (A) and (B) of a liver ma...Figure 4.13. Probe head damage. The damage to the surface of this probe was ...
5 Chapter 5Figure 5.1. Wet and part the hair. In (A) the area is wetted without parting...Figure 5.2. Air trapping. In (A) the probe head is placed on a wetted mat of...Figure 5.3. Best practice is the head of the patient and machine in the same...Figure 5.4. The helper hand and probe hand make a difference. In (A) the hel...Figure 5.5. Anatomy generally better recognized in longitudinal (sagittal) o...Figure 5.6. Short‐axis and long‐axis lines for echo views. If on...Figure 5.7. V trough your patient with your nonprobe helper hand. Your nonpr...Figure 5.8. When extending the foreleg, don’t touch the paw! Gently extend t...Figure 5.9. “Kickstand” your probe hand to prevent drifting. Hav...Figure 5.10. Paying attention to the direction of the beam. If the sonograph...Figure 5.11. Be aware of the probe marker. Every probe has a marker or notch...Figure 5.12. Focus cursor and depth. In (A) there are four focus cursors (up...Figure 5.13. Depth setting and the centimeter scale. The image is the same a...Figure 5.14. Splenic mass and estimating size from the centimeter scale. The...Figure 5.15. An algorithm for trouble shooting image acquisition with some c...Figure 5.16. Time gain compensation (sliders) and the overall gain (wheel). ...Figure 5.17. Slice‐thickness artifact at the AFAST CC view. (A) and (B...
6 Chapter 6Figure 6.1. AFAST on a dog in right and left lateral recumbency. In (A) AFAS...Figure 6.2. AFAST and its five views performed in right lateral recumbency i...Figure 6.3. AFAST and its five views performed in left lateral recumbency in...Figure 6.4. Modified lateral‐sternal recumbency. The AFAST views are p...Figure 6.5. Never use dorsal recumbency without doing a Global FAST to asses...Figure 6.6. Correlation of AFAST acoustic windows with a dog in right latera...Figure 6.7. Longitudinal orientation for AFAST. (A) Kidney in longitudinal o...Figure 6.8. The DH view in a dog. In (A) is shown where the probe is placed ...Figure 6.9. Images showing various anatomic features at the DH view. None of...Figure 6.10. Variety of typical positive studies at the DH view. In (A) free...Figure 6.11. The “cardiac bump” at the DH view. In (A) the apex ...Figure 6.12. Variety of typical CVC images with other relevant structures. (...Figure 6.13. Mirror image artifact at the DH view. Mirror image artifact occ...