Joe, You might also try looking into a book by Diane Kawamura - I'm not sure of the exact title but it is either abdomen or abdominal ultrasound (it also includes small parts) or I have been told by several general ultrasonographers that Rumack's new books (it's two books) are excellent. I'm not sure I spelled the author's name correctly but it gives you a start. Kim Cantwell-Gab University of Washington On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Joseph R Schneider wrote: > flownetters and vascular surgery discussion listers- > as the scanners get better, we vascular surgeons, traditionally more > interested in the hemodynamics than the image, have nevertheless been faced > with thyroid abnormalities in an astounding fraction of patients sent for > carotid duplex scans- our primary care physicians have been faced with the > difficult question of which lesions to pursue and which to ignore- i have > consulted several ultrasound texts, but have been unable to find anything > beyond technique- any suggestions how to educate myself to be able to tell > my colleagues which lesions are likely benign and which are likely > malignant? > joe > > > Joseph R Schneider Web Page http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~jschneid/JRS.HTML > "The cemeteries are filled with indispensable men." de Gaulle > > >