TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 6. Abdominal Ultrasound A1 - Gelbard, Rondi B. A1 - Mahendran, Arunthathi Oormila A1 - Hardy, Mark A. A2 - Schrope, Beth PY - 2014 T2 - Surgical and Interventional Ultrasound AB - Since the 1940s, when Dr. George Lewig first used an A-mode ultrasound of the abdomen to detect gallstones in dogs, ultrasonography has become an invaluable diagnostic and therapeutic tool with a wide range of clinical applications. Uniquely safe, portable, and noninvasive, ultrasound provides a means of evaluating internal anatomy unlike other imaging modalities that it frequently complements. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57915474 ER -