title: [Abdominal ultrasound course an introduction to the ultrasound technique. Physical basis. Ultrasound language].
abstract: Ultrasound is a non-invasive, accessible, and versatile diagnostic technique that uses high frequency ultrasound waves to define outline the organs of the human body, with no ionising radiation, in real time and with the capacity to visual several planes. The high diagnostic yield of the technique, together with its ease of uses plus the previously mentioned characteristics, has currently made it a routine method in daily medical practice. It is for this reason that the multidisciplinary character of this technique is being strengthened every day. To be able to perform the technique correctly requires knowledge of the physical basis of ultrasound, the method and the equipment, as well as of the human anatomy, in order to have the maximum information possible to avoid diagnostic errors due to poor interpretation or lack of information.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Ecografía San Francisco de Asís, Centro de Diagnóstico Ecográfico, Madrid, España. Electronic address: anasegura@centrodiagnosticoecografico.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Segura-Grau
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud Mar Bático, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sáez-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Ecografía, Hospital Perpetuo Socorro, AR Ecografía, Vigo, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Lorenzo
authors.affiliation: Coordinador Nacional del Grupo de Trabajo de Ecografía de Semergen.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Díaz-Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000193:education*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Artefactos; Artefacts; Ecografía; Imágenes de ultrasonidos; Non-invasive diagnostic technique; Técnica diagnóstica no invasiva; Ultrasound; Ultrasound images