**Meet the editor**

Dr Gunarathne is a Reader at the School of Engineering, Robert Gordon University (RGU), UK. He received his PhD in electrical engineering from Loughborough University of Technology, UK, in 1985, developing a patented ultrasound imaging system. At RGU, Dr Gunarathne formed the Industrial & Biomedical Instrumentation Research Group. He is also the founder and Director of the

LabVIEW Academy & Centre of Excellence for Industrial Instrumentation at RGU. Dr Gunarathne has gained over 40 years of combined experience in high-speed electronic circuit design, ultrasonic engineering, industrial and biomedical instrumentation, quality control, and Non-destructive-testing research. Dr Gunarathne has chaired many national and international events and his work has been widely published with developments receiving media coverage in television, radio and in the press.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Romagnoli

Chapter 1 **3D Ultrasound Imaging in Image-Guided Intervention 1**

Chapter 2 **Ultrasound-Based Guidance and Therapy 27**

Chapter 3 **Ultrasound Diagnosis of Chest Diseaseses 83**

Hung-Jen Chen and Hsu Wu-Huei

**Hypertension 97**

**Blockade 119**

Philip C. Njemanze

Chapter 4 **Diagnostic Use of Sonography in the Evaluation of**

Aaron Fenster, Jeff Bax, Hamid Neshat, Nirmal Kakani and Cesare

Frank Lindseth, Thomas Langø, Tormod Selbekk, Rune Hansen, Ingerid Reinertsen, Christian Askeland, Ole Solheim, Geirmund

Wei-Chih Liao, Chih-Yen Tu, Chuen-Ming Shih, Chia-Hung Chen,

Nikolaos Pagonas, Stergios Vlatsas and Timm H. Westhoff

**Emphasis on the Interscalene Approach to Brachial Plexus**

Chapter 5 **Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Block Anesthesia with**

Chapter 6 **A New Functional Transcranial Doppler Spectroscopy (fTCDS) Study of Cerebral Asymmetry During Neuro-Cognitive**

James C. Krakowski and Steven L. Orebaugh

Chapter 7 **Follicle Detection and Ovarian Classification in Digital Ultrasound Images of Ovaries 167** P. S. Hiremath and Jyothi R. Tegnoor

**Functions in Men and Women 137**

Unsgård, Ronald Mårvik and Toril A. Nagelhus Hernes
