
ISBN: 9781574001426
In educated hands, diagnostic ultrasound is a powerful tool. This exhaustive textbook shows how the skill in optimizing sonography of musculoskeletal structres is more than knowing the anatomy and recognition of acoustic representations of those structures. It also entails how the image is formed, the artifacts that can result, and the variables that the operator controls while scanning. Full-color comparative iamges, including those by world-class sonographer Brian Kincaid, DC supply further clarification and illustration.
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With Diagnostic Ultrasound of the Foot and Ankle you will:
- Learn how to optimize image capabilities of the ultrasound unit
- Better identify normal anatomy
- Identify common pathology of the lower extremity
- Correlate imaging results to clinical treatment
- Compare cadaveric photos with corresponding ultrasound images
- Comprehend the essential, practical workings of ultrasound technology utilizing the complete Atlas of Ultrasound Pathology

A practicing podiatrist since 1997, John Tassone, Jr., DPM is a graduate of the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine and completed his residency at the McGuire VA Hospital in RIchmond, Virgina. He serves as an associate professor at Midwestern Universtiy and an adjunct professor in the Maricopa Community College system. Dr. Tassone lectures nationally and is board certified in podiatry and lower extremity wound care.

Stephen L. Barrett, DPM is board certified in foot and ankle surgery and wound management. He earned his undergraduate degree (cum laude) from the University of Utah and his doctorate (cum laude) at the William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago. Dr. Barrett completed his residency at the Medical Arts/Danforth Hospital in Houston, followed by a post-doctoral MBA from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He has trained thousands of surgeons throughout the world on techniques he invented and developed.