Abdulrahman H. Algaeed - Clinical Atlas of Ophthalmic Ultrasound

Ophthalmic ultrasonography is an indispensable armamentarium in imaging human eye and diagnosing ocular diseases. It is a skill that every ophthalmologist needs to be familiar with to practice standard of care. There are several excellent books and publications on ophthalmic sonography from pioneers in the field that serve as an excellent learning base for all of us.

The novelty and ambition of this atlas is to highlight ultrasonography in the context of the whole clinical picture of a particular disease entity or individual patient. Specific ultrasound images are accompanied by abundant clinical information and/or by images from auxiliary techniques to supplement clinical information or confirm a diagnosis in a particular case.

The source of images and clinical information comes predominantly from the archives of the Department of Imaging at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During 35 years of its existence, this premier institution has collected more than 200,000 ultrasound images. The most representative and interesting ones have been selected for this atlas. As such, this atlas is dedicated to this institution and its people who have been involved in patient care and have contributed to the collection of images over decades.

This project could not have become a reality without the tremendous efforts of coauthors, collaborators, and people from Springer including Mr. Lee Klein, senior editor at Springer in Philadelphia, USA.

Finally, we hope that this atlas will serve as an education tool for ophthalmologists, imaging specialists, ophthalmic technicians and nurses, residents in ophthalmology, and medical students with interest in ophthalmology. We wish everyone an enjoyable experience while reading this atlas.