Contents Preface ix Guest Editors xi Introduction xiii List of abbreviations xvi 1. Physics and basic principles 1 Stephen Alerhand, Ole Graumann and Bret P. Nelson 2. Technique and protocols 14 Christian B. Laursen, Jesper R. Davidsen and Fergus Gleeson 3. Chest wall and parietal pleura 31 Maged Hassan and Najib M. Rahman 4. Pneumothorax 43 Nils Petter Oveland 5. Pleural effusion 64 Christopher Merrick, Rachelle Asciak, Anthony Edey, Fabien Maldonado and Ioannis Psallidas 6. Interstitial syndrome 75 Luna Gargani 7. Pneumonia 87 Gebhard Mathis 8. Pulmonary embolism 102 Giovanni Volpicelli 9. Lung tumours 115 Christian Görg, Corinna Trenker and Andreas Schuler 10. The diaphragm 129 Giovanni Ferrari, Søren Helbo Skaarup, Francesco Panero and John M. Wrightson ERS monograph Thoracic Ultrasound Number 79 March 2018