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How, Why and When
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By
Vivien Gibbs, DCR, DNM, DMU, MA, MBA, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of West of England, Bristol
David Cole, DCR, DMU, MSc, Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Ultrasound Programme Director, Division of Radiography, University of Central England, Birmingham
Antonio Sassano, BSc, MSc, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol
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Description
Written for health practitioners and students new to medical ultrasound, this book provides all the basic physics and technological knowledge
they need in order to practise ultrasound effectively, including safety aspects of ultrasound, quality assurance and the latest techniques
and developments.
Audience
PgC, PgD, MSc and short courses in Medical Ultrasound; undergraduate radiography students
Contents
1. Introduction to diagnostic ultrasound
2. Principles and physics of ultrasound imaging - simple terminology definitions
3. The
piezoelectric effect
4. Acoustic impedance
5. The ultrasound beam
6. Transducers
7. Resolution
8. Ultrasound interactions
and attenuation
9. Artifacts
10. Instrumentation and controls
11. Physical principles of Doppler ultrasound
12. Ultrasound
safety
13. Quality assurance and performance testing
14. Mew technology and recent advances in ultrasound imaging
15. Multiple
choice questions, answers to multiple choice questions
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Hardbound, 144 pages, publication date: JUN-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-7020-3041-3
ISBN-10: 0-7020-3041-4
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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