Ultrasonography of the Head and Neck An Imaging Atlas
This atlas presents a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of ultrasonography in the head and neck and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons, and otolaryngologists in private practice. The volume addresses all fields of office-
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Ultrasonography of the Head and Neck
Hans J. Welkoborsky • Peter Jecker Editors
Ultrasonography of the Head and Neck An Imaging Atlas
Editors Hans J. Welkoborsky, MD, DDS, PhD Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery KRH Nordstadt Clinic-Academic Hospital Hannover Germany
Peter Jecker, MD, PhD Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Plastic Head and Neck Surgery Klinikum Bad Salzungen GmbH Bad Salzungen Germany
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Preface
Ultrasound is a dynamic and interactive process between physician and patient. In the last decades, ultrasound has experienced an enormous expansion in clinical application and indication in the head and neck. Although established in clinical medicine for many decades, ultrasound is an emerging technique. In recent years, it has been developed into the basic diagnostic imaging technique for examination of the entire neck, salivary glands, thyroid and parathyroid glands, and neck vessels. Other applications comprise the examination of the paranasal sinuses and orbit. Its advantages include the lack of radiation exposure, which makes it suitable, for example, for children or pregnant women, the high resolution of modern ultrasound transducers, and the possibility for a surgeon to correlate ultrasound findings to the intraoperative situation. Ultrasound is now regarded as the technique that provides the highest sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy for detection of lymph node metastases and salivary gland tumors. New
