Diagnostic Ultrasound Physics and Equipment

• Other Authors: Hoskins, P. R. (Peter R.) (Editor), Martin, Kevin 1948- (Editor), Thrush, Abigail (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, FL CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group 2019
• Edition: Third Edition
• Subjects: Ultrasonography > methods; Ultrasonography > instrumentation; Physical Phenomena
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This popular text provides a comprehensive, yet accessible, introduction to the physics and technology of medical ultrasound, with high quality ultrasound images and diagrams throughout. Covering all aspects of the field at a level that meetings the requirements of accredited sonography courses, it...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to B-mode imaging / Kevin Martin
• Physics / Kevin Martin and Kumar Ramnarine
• Transducers and beam-forming / Tony Whittingham
• B-mode instrumentation / Kevin Martin
• Properties, limitations and artefacts of B-mode images / Kevin Martin
• B-mode measurements / Nick Dudley
• Principles of doppler ultrasound / Peter R. Hoskins
• Blood flow / Abigail Thrush
• Spectral doppler ultrasound / Abigail Thrush
• Colour flow / Peter R. Hoskins and Aline Criton
• Advanced techniques for imaging flow and tissue motion / Peter R. Hoskins and Aline Criton
• 3D ultrasound / Peter R. Hoskins and Tom MacGillivray
• Contrast agents / Carmel Moran and Mairead Butler
• Elastography / Peter R. Hoskins
• Quality assurance / Nick Dudley, Tony Evans and Peter R. Hoskins
• Safety of diagnostic ultrasound / Francis Duck.