Lower abdominal pain is one of the most common symptoms prompting patients to visit hospitals. It can be caused mainly by gastrointestinal diseases such as appendicitis, an appendiceal tumor, diverticulitis, enterocolitis, epiploic appendagitis, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative coli...
Liver ultrasound is important for screening of hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatitis virus associated chronic hepatitis, and cirrhosis. It is also useful for diagnosis and follow-up of diffuse and focal liver diseases. Liver ultrasound is noninvasive and has no risk of radiation, ...
Image artifacts are frequently encountered in clinical ultrasound. While some of them may be a source of misinterpretation, others may provide useful information related to the composition of underlying tissue. Majority of these artifacts is caused by violation of basic physical...
