This text concisely covers the physics of ultrasound and how to exploit the features of today’s equipment to optimize every image, while using methods to assure that the fetus is exposed to the lowest ultrasound energies. It tackles something as mundane as how to hold a transducer properly, as well as providing clever hints on how, for example, to insert the vaginal transducer into the umbilicus to better image the fetus in an obese patient.

This book has three main sections; the first three chapters focus on the technical and practical use of ultrasound with a review of the physical principles of sound, the practical approach to the ultrasound equipment, and the technical aspect of performing the ultrasound examination. The second section addresses the obstetric ultrasound examination and the third section addresses the gynecologic ultrasound examination. The last chapter shows how to write an ultrasound report, a key component of the examination. The book is filled with descriptive figures, tables, and tips that the authors use in their daily ultrasound practice and have been accrued through many years of experience