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Abstract

Ultrasonography (US) is one of the most widely used imaging technologies in the first-level study of each human body structure, including soft-tissue components of the musculoskeletal system and nerves.

In this chapter, we describe some of the fundamental principles and physics underlying US technology, also including power Doppler and sonoelastography imaging.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Ospedale Evangelico Internazionale, Genova, Italy

    Enzo Silvestri M.D.

  2. Postgraduate School of Radiology, Genoa University, Genova, Italy

    Silvia Perugin Bernardi M.D., Elena Massone M.D. & Riccardo Sartoris M.D.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Ospedale Evangelico Internazionale, Genova, Italy

    Enzo Silvestri

  2. Radiology Department, Distretto Socio Sanitario, Mola di Bari, Bari, Italy

    Fabio Martino

  3. Department of Emergency and Organ Transplants, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Umberto, Bari, Italy

    Filomena Puntillo

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Silvestri, E., Bernardi, S.P., Massone, E., Sartoris, R. (2018). Fundamentals. In: Silvestri, E., Martino, F., Puntillo, F. (eds) Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71020-4_1

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