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Learning Ultrasound Imaging

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Abstract

The main problem with ultrasound as a diagnostic technique is the loss of acoustic signal and resolution while the distance to the structure studied increases. So, ultrasound achieves its highest performance in the study of superficial structures (when they contain no bone or air). In these structures, the so-called small parts, the ultrasound is the diagnostic procedure of choice.

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  1. Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain

    Pedro Seguí

  2. Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Basurto, Bilbao, Spain

    Elena Elizagaray, Rosa Zabala & Jose Luís del Cura

  3. Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico (CDIC), Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

    Carlos Nicolau & Montserrat Domingo

  4. Departmento de Radiología, Clinica Servet, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Ximena Wortsman

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Seguí, P. et al. (2012). Small Parts. In: del Cura, J., Seguí, P., Nicolau, C. (eds) Learning Ultrasound Imaging. Learning Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30586-3_4

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