Download or read book Atlas of Chest Sonography written by Gebhard Mathis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chest sonography is an established procedure in the stepwise imaging diagnosis of pulmonary and pleural disease. It is the method of choice to distinguish between solid and liquid lesions and allows the investigator to make an unequivocal diagnosis without exposing the patient to costly and stressful procedures. This book presents the state of the art in chest investigation by means of ultrasonography. A number of excellent illustrations and the compact text provide concise and easy-to-assimilate information about the diagnostic procedure. Basic elements such as indications, investigation techniques and image artifacts are detailed in separate chapters.