Abdominal Ultrasound: Resources

BOOKS

• Hall, Rebecca. The Ultrasonic Handbook: Clinical, Etiologic and Pathologic Implications of Sonographic Findings. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1993.
• Kevles, Bettyann Holtzmann. Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1997.
• Kremkau, Frederick W. Diagnostic Ultrasound: Principles and Instruments. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1993.
• Shtasel, Philip. Medical Tests and Diagnostic Procedures: A Patient's Guide to Just What the Doctor Ordered. New York: Harper & Row, 1991.
• Tempkin, Betty Bates. Ultrasound Scanning: Principles and Protocols. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1993.
• The Patient's Guide to Medical Tests. Ed. Barry L. Zaret, et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.

PERIODICALS

• "Ultrasound Detects Stomach Problems." USA Today Magazine (October 1992): 5.
• Freundlich, Naomi. "Ultrasound: What's Wrong with this Picture?" Business Week (15 September 1997): 84-5.
• McDonagh, D. Brian. "Ultrasound: Unsung Medical Hero." USA Today Magazine (September 1996): 66-7.
• Murray, Maxine. "Basics of Ultrasonography." Student British Medical Journal (August 1996): 269-72.
• Tait, N., and J. M. Little. "The Treatment of Gallstones." British Medical Journal (8 July 1995): 99-105.

ORGANIZATIONS

• American College of Gastroenterology. 4900 B South 31st St., Arlington, VA 22206-1656. (703) 820-7400. <http://www.acg.gi.org>.
• American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. 14750 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 100, Laurel, MD 20707-5906. (800) 638-5352. <http://www.aium.org>.
• American Society of Radiologic Technologists. 15000 Central Ave., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123-3917. (505) 298-4500. <http://www.asrt.org>.
• [Article by: Kurt Richard Sternlof]



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