Sonography
Introduction to Normal Structure and Function
- 6th Edition - February 20, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Reva Curry, Marilyn Prince
- Language: English
Without a deep understanding of what normal anatomy looks like in ultrasound images, you may have a tough time recognizing abnormalities. Thankfully, Sonography: Introduction to No… Read more
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Description
Description
Without a deep understanding of what normal anatomy looks like in ultrasound images, you may have a tough time recognizing abnormalities. Thankfully, Sonography: Introduction to Normal Structure and Function, 6th Edition, provides the firm grounding in normal anatomy and physiology that you need from an ultrasound perspective. This highly visual text uses a wealth of ultrasound images accompanied by labeled drawings with detailed legends to increase your comfort with normal anatomy as it appears during scanning. A consistent chapter format also makes the content easy to navigate and reinforces standard protocols for scanning each area of the body.
Key features
Key features
- Detailed line drawings accompany most sonograms, reinforcing what you should notice on the scan and offering confirmation if you are uncertain
- Highly visual content leads with images and uses narrative to support those visuals
- Quality control protocol information helps you recreate the most optimal scanning settings and techniques
- Reference charts offer relevant information for types of sonography, including associated physicians, common diagnostic tests, laboratory values, vasculature, and affecting chemicals
Readership
Readership
Students enrolled in DMS (Diagnostic Medical Sonography) programs
Table of contents
Table of contents
SECTION I CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
1 Before, During, and After the Ultrasound Examination
2 Ultrasound Instrumentation “Knobology,” Imaging Processing, and Storage
3 General Patient Care
4 Introduction to Ergonomics and Sonographer Safety
SECTION II SONOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING ANATOMY
5 Interdependent Body Systems
6 Anatomy Layering and Sectional Anatomy
7 Embryology
8 Introduction to Laboratory Values
SECTION III ABDOMINAL SONOGRAPHY
9 The Abdominal Aorta
10 The Inferior Vena Cava
11 The Portal Venous System
12 The Liver
13 The Biliary System
14 The Pancreas
15 The Urinary System and Adrenal Glands
16 Abdominal Vasculature Flow Dynamics
17 The Spleen
18 The Gastrointestinal System
SECTION IV PELVIC SONOGRAPHY
19 The Male Pelvis: Prostate Gland and Seminal Vesicles Sonography
20 The Female Pelvis
SECTION V OBSTETRICAL AND NEONATAL SONOGRAPHY
21 First-Trimester Obstetrics (0–12 Weeks)
22 Second and Third Trimester Obstetrics (13–42 Weeks)
23 High-Risk Obstetric Sonography
24 Fetal Echocardiography
25 The Neonatal Brain
SECTION VI SMALL PARTS SONOGRAPHY
26 The Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
27 Breast Sonography
28 Scrotal and Penile Sonography
SECTION VII SPECIALTY SONOGRAPHY
29 Pediatric Echocardiography
30 Adult Echocardiography
31 Vascular Technology: Carotid Artery and Peripheral Venous Duplex
SECTION VIII ADVANCES IN SONOGRAPHY
32 3D/4D/5D Sonography
33 Interventional and Intraoperative Ultrasound
34 Musculoskeletal Sonography
35 Pediatric Sonography
1 Before, During, and After the Ultrasound Examination
2 Ultrasound Instrumentation “Knobology,” Imaging Processing, and Storage
3 General Patient Care
4 Introduction to Ergonomics and Sonographer Safety
SECTION II SONOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING ANATOMY
5 Interdependent Body Systems
6 Anatomy Layering and Sectional Anatomy
7 Embryology
8 Introduction to Laboratory Values
SECTION III ABDOMINAL SONOGRAPHY
9 The Abdominal Aorta
10 The Inferior Vena Cava
11 The Portal Venous System
12 The Liver
13 The Biliary System
14 The Pancreas
15 The Urinary System and Adrenal Glands
16 Abdominal Vasculature Flow Dynamics
17 The Spleen
18 The Gastrointestinal System
SECTION IV PELVIC SONOGRAPHY
19 The Male Pelvis: Prostate Gland and Seminal Vesicles Sonography
20 The Female Pelvis
SECTION V OBSTETRICAL AND NEONATAL SONOGRAPHY
21 First-Trimester Obstetrics (0–12 Weeks)
22 Second and Third Trimester Obstetrics (13–42 Weeks)
23 High-Risk Obstetric Sonography
24 Fetal Echocardiography
25 The Neonatal Brain
SECTION VI SMALL PARTS SONOGRAPHY
26 The Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
27 Breast Sonography
28 Scrotal and Penile Sonography
SECTION VII SPECIALTY SONOGRAPHY
29 Pediatric Echocardiography
30 Adult Echocardiography
31 Vascular Technology: Carotid Artery and Peripheral Venous Duplex
SECTION VIII ADVANCES IN SONOGRAPHY
32 3D/4D/5D Sonography
33 Interventional and Intraoperative Ultrasound
34 Musculoskeletal Sonography
35 Pediatric Sonography
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 6
- Latest edition
- Published: February 23, 2026
- Language: English