Diagnostic Ultrasound: Physics and Equipment

by Edited by Peter R. Hoskins , Kevin Martin , Abigail Thrush

• ISBN13: 9780521757102
• ISBN10: 052175710X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

All healthcare professionals practising ultrasound in a clinical setting should receive accredited training in the principles and practice of ultrasound scanning. This new edition of Diagnostic Ultrasound: Physics and Equipment provides a comprehensive introduction to the physics, technology and safety of ultrasound equipment, with high quality ultrasound images and diagrams throughout. It covers all aspects of the field at a level intended to meet the requirements of UK sonography courses. New to this edition: · Updated descriptions of ultrasound technology, quality assurance and safety. · Additional chapters dedicated to 3D ultrasound, contrast agents and elastography. · New glossary containing definitions of over 500 terms. The editors and contributing authors are all authorities in their areas, with contributions to the scientific and professional development of ultrasound at national and international level.

Author Biography

Peter Hoskins is Reader in Medical Physics, University of Edinburgh, UK. Kevin Martin is a retired Consultant Clinical Scientist from Leicester, UK. Abigail Thrush is a Principal Medical Physicist at St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospitals, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. vii
Preface to the second edition	p. ix
Preface to the first edition	p. xi
Introduction to B-mode imaging	p. 1
Physics	p. 4
Transducers and beam-forming	p. 23
B-mode instrumentation	p. 47
Properties, limitations and artefacts of B-mode images	p. 64
B-mode measurements	p. 75
Principles of Doppler ultrasound	p. 84
Blood flow	p. 96
Spectral Doppler ultrasound	p. 105
Colour flow and tissue imaging	p. 121
Quality assurance	p. 142
Safety of diagnostic ultrasound	p. 155
3D ultrasound	p. 171
Contrast agents	p. 181
Elastography	p. 196
Appendices
The decibel (dB)	p. 215
The binary system	p. 216
The British Medical Ultrasound Society. Guidelines for the safe use of diagnostic ultrasound equipment	p. 217
Useful contacts	p. 226
Acoustic output parameters and their measurement	p. 227
Glossary of terms	p. 230
Index	p. 254
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