Ultrasound of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

Sofferman, Robert (Editor), University of Vermont School of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA Ahuja, Anil (Editor), Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, New Territories (N.T.)

Section 01: History and Basic Concepts.- 1.The History of Clinical Ultrasound.- 2.Physics & Principles of Ultrasound.- 3.Practical Concepts of Ultrasound.- Section 02: Thyroid and Parathryoid Glands.- 4.Sonography of the Normal Thyroid.- 5.Benign Thyroid Conditions.- 6.Malignant Thyroid Conditions.- 7.Ultrasound Surveillance.- 8.Parathyroid Ultrasound.- 9.Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology.- Section 03: Lymph Nodes and the Neck.- 10.Lymph Nodes.- 11.Benign Clinical Conditions in the Adjacent Neck.- Section 04: New Advances in Applied Ultrasound.- 12.Thryoid Elsatography.- 13.Percutaneous Ethanol Injection for Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders.- 14.Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) and Ultrasound-guided Minimally Invasive Therapy for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Focal Thyroid Lesions.