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By Michael Heller and Dietrich Jehle. 236 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1995. $50. ISBN 0-7216-4506-2.

Ultrasonography has an increasing role as a bedside method in the daily clinical work of physicians. Technical improvements and the affordability of diagnostic ultrasound equipment make it ideal for emergency medicine. Because emergency medicine is at the intersection of many medical disciplines, Michael Heller and Dietrich Jehle give us an overview of the applications of ultrasonography in different fields.

The first chapter briefly introduces the technique of ultrasonography and the acoustic phenomena displayed in ultrasound images. In less than 40 pages, with the help of many illustrations, the authors explain the fundamentals of the clinical use of ultrasound. The book . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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