- Covers both basic and advanced ultrasonography as well as state-of-the-art research topics in gastroenterology - Has a wide range of authors with expertise in medicine, physiology, GI motility, engineering, computer graphics, imaging, and ultrasound technology - Highlights very original methods of GI ultrasound scanning using many different ultrasound modalities - Uses a unique, combined approach of ultrasonography and biomechanics to GI physiology and pathophysiology - Contains a variety of ultrasound images and illustrations, in color