Abdominal Sonography

Liver and intrahepatic vessels: sonographic features; diffuse parenchymal changes; focal lesions. The gallbladder and biliary tree: the gallbladder; the biliary tree; gallbladder disease; biliary disease. The pancreas: sonographic features; inflammatory disease; neoplastic disease. The spleen; sonographic features; sonographic technique; splenomegaly and diffuse parenchymal changes; focal lesions. The peritoneal cavity: anatomy; the peritoneal spaces; types of fluid collections; bowel patterns. The retroperitoneum and extraperitoneal compartments; retroperitoneal spaces; retrofascial spaces; extraperitoneal spaces; pathologic conditions. The great vessels: abdominal aorta; inferior vena cava; vascular and perivascular pathology. The kidney and the lower urinary tract; the kidney; the ureter; the bladder; the prostate and the seminal vesicles; renal masses; nonfunctioning or poorly functioning kidneys; renal transplantation; pathology of the lower urinary tract. Adrenal gland: sonographic features; sonographic technique; adrenal masses.