Clinical Chest Ultrasound

Foreword; Preface; The Basics; Physics of Diagnostic Ultrasound. Creating the Image: Reuter, K.L.; Bogdan, A.; Thoracic Ultrasound Overview: Islam, S.; Tonn, H.; Transthoracic Ultrasound; Transthoracic Ultrasound for Chest Wall, Pleura, and the Peripheral Lung: Koegelenberg, C.F.N.; Diacon, A.H.; Bolliger, C.T.; Ultrasound of the Neck: Kreuter, M.; Delorme, S.; Schuler, A.; Herth, F.J.F.; Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism and Pneumonia Using Transthoracic Sonography: Reissig, A.; Kroegel, C.; The Mediastinum: Herth, F.J.F.; Critical Care Applications; Critical Care Echocardiography: Mayo, P.H.; Use of Ultrasound for Central Venous Access: Garibaldi, B.; Feller-Kopman, D.; Ultrasound Evaluation of the Lung: Pellecchia, C.; Mayo, P.H.; Pleural Ultrasonography in the Intensive Care Unit: Wang, J.S.; Doelken, P.; Abdominal Ultrasonography as Related to Problems of the Chest: Beckh, S.; Kirchpfening, K.; Use of Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolic Disease: Kaplan, A.E.; Kory, P.; Endoscopic Ultrasound Applications; Principles and Practice of Endoscopic Ultrasound: Nishina, K.; Hirooka, K.; Wiegand, J.; Dremel, H.; Short History of the Development of Endobronchial Ultrasound - A Story of Success: Becker, H.D.; State-of-the-Art Equipment and Procedures: Kurimoto, N.; Osada, H.; Miyazawa, T.; Convex Probe Endobronchial Ultrasound: Yasufuku, K.; Nakajima, T.; Endobronchial Ultrasound for Staging of Lung Cancer: Herth, F.J.F.; Endobronchial Ultrasonography for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions: Kurimoto, N.; Osada, H.; Miyazawa, T.; Esophageal Ultrasound: Annema, J.T.; Rabe, K.F.; Competing Technologies: Ultrasound, Navigational Bronchoscopy, Optical Coherence Tomography, etc. - Who Will Win Out?: Lee, P.; Beamis, J.F.; Ultrasound and Therapeutic Procedures; Ultrasound and Medical Thoracoscopy: Michaud, G.; Ernst, A.; Endobronchial Ultrasound for Difficult Airway Problems: Shirakawa, T.; Ishida, A.; Miyazu, Y.; Kurimoto, N.; Iwamoto, Y.; Nobuyama, S.; Miyazawa,