Diagnostic ultrasound

I. Physics. Physics of ultrasound -- Biologic effects and safety -- Contrast agents for ultrasound imaging and Doppler -- II. Abdominal, pelvic, and thoracic sonography. The liver -- The spleen -- The biliary tree and gallbladder -- The pancreas -- The gastrointestinal tract -- The kidney and urinary tract -- The prostrate -- The adrenal glands -- The retroperitoneum -- Dynamic ultrasound of hernias of the groin and anterior abdominal wall -- The peritoneum -- The uterus -- The adnexa -- Ultrasound-guided biopsy of chest abdomen and pelvis -- Organ transplantation -- III. Small parts, carotid artery, and peripheral vessel sonography. The thyroid gland -- The parathyroid glands -- The breast -- The scrotum -- Overview of musculoskeletal ultrasound techniques and applications -- The shoulder -- Musculoskeletal interventions -- The extracranial cerebral vessels -- The peripheral vessels -- IV. Obstetric and fetal sonography. Overview of obstetric imaging -- Bioeffects and safety of ultrasound in obstetrics -- The first trimester -- Chromosomal abnormalities -- Multifetal pregnancy -- The fetal face and neck -- The fetal brain -- The fetal spine -- The fetal chest -- The fetal heart -- The fetal abdominal wall and gastrointestinal tract -- The fetal urogenital tract -- The fetal musculoskeletal system -- Fetal hydrops -- Fetal measurements: normal and abnormal fetal growth and assessment of fetal well-being -- Sonographic evaluation of the placenta -- Cervical ultrasound and preterm birth -- V. Pediatric sonography. Neonatal and infant brain imaging -- Doppler sonography of the neonatal and infant brain -- Doppler sonography of the brain in children -- The pediatric head and neck -- The pediatric spinal canal -- The pediatric chest -- The pediatric liver and spleen -- The pediatric kidney and adrenal glands -- The pediatric gastrointestinal tract -- Pediatric pelvic sonography -- The pediatric hip and musculoskeletal ultrasound -- Pediatric interventional sonography."