Section 01: History and Basic Concepts -- 1.The History of Clinical Ultrasound -- 2.Physics & Principles of Ultrasound -- 3.Practical Concepts of Ultrasound -- Section 02: Thyroid and Parathryoid Glands -- 4.Sonography of the Normal Thyroid -- 5.Benign Thyroid Conditions -- 6.Malignant Thyroid Conditions -- 7.Ultrasound Surveillance -- 8.Parathyroid Ultrasound -- 9.Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology -- Section 03: Lymph Nodes and the Neck -- 10.Lymph Nodes -- 11.Benign Clinical Conditions in the Adjacent Neck -- Section 04: New Advances in Applied Ultrasound -- 12.Thryoid Elsatography -- 13.Percutaneous Ethanol Injection for Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders -- 14.Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) and Ultrasound-guided Minimally Invasive Therapy for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Focal Thyroid Lesions.

This highly illustrated book, complete with comprehensive clinical references and annotated images, will serve as a leading text to educate head and neck surgeons, endocrinologists, and radiologists on the basics and nuances of thyroid and parathyroid ultrasound.  It emphasizes the use of ultrasound as an office-based modality by clinicians and radiologists who actively care for this special set of patients.  This text uniquely combines the collaboration between a clinician/surgeon and radiologist who share their extensive experience in head and neck ultrasound.