Boston University Medical School

Foreword.- Preface.- History of Thyroid Ultrasound.- Thyroid Ultrasound Physics.- Doppler Ultrasound of the Neck.- Normal Neck Anatomy and Method of Performing Ultrasound Examination.- Pediatric Ultrasound of the Neck.- Ultrasound of Diffuse Thyroid Enlargement - Thyroiditis.-Ultrasound of Nodular Thyroid Enlargement.- Ultrasound and Mapping of Neck Lymph Nodes.-Ultrasound of the Parathyroid GlandsDevaprabu Abraham.- Surgical Trends in Treatment of Thyroid Nodules, Thyroid Cancer and Parathyroid Disease.- Ultrasound of Salivary Glands and the Non-Endocrine Neck.- Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Thyroid Nodules.- Laser and Radiofrequency Ablation Procedures.- Percutaneous Ethanol Injection (PEI) in the Treatment of Thyroid Cysts, Nodules and Other Neck Lesions.-Ultrasound-Guided FNA and Molecular Markers for Optimization of Thyroid Nodule Management.Ultrasound Elastography of the Thyroid.- Authoring Quality Ultrasound Reports.