Upper abdominal endoscopic sonography

  • Matthew D. Rifkin
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Part of the Series in Radiology book series (SERA, volume 17)

Abstract

Conventional ultrasound, developed in the 1960s and the equipment since modified, has proven useful for the evaluation of a variety of disease processes. The first devices produced crude images. The more sophisticated equipment now in use for conventional diagnostic ultrasound yields far belter studies hut still has limitations. Various inaccessible areas such as the dome of the liver, the spleen, and perigastric and periesophageal regions, may not be clearly identified with conventional sonography. Additionally. the gastric wall, whether normal or pathologically invaded, is not clearly seen. There is suboptimal visualization in obese individuals — where penetration is limited — and in those patients with many air-filled loops of bowel. Thus, adequate diagnostic studies are not always obtained. Various techniques have been developed in an attempt to overcome these limitations.

Keywords

Pancreatic Duct Esophageal Varix Endoscopic Ultrasonography Gastric Wall Rheumatic Heart Disease 
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