Diagnostic Ultrasound, Principles and Instruments

A market leader and a highly respected reference, this text explains how diagnostic ultrasound works and helps readers scan safely, properly handle artifacts, evaluate instrument performance, and prepare for registry and board examinations. It covers all essential aspects of ultrasound physics, including Doppler, artifacts, safety, quality assurance, and the newest technologies. Information is presented dynamically, with a multitude of boxes and tables and over 1,300 illustrations. Focusing on the most basic and essential equations, this book simplifies complicated mathematical concepts.

Features

* Coverage of the basics of physics and ultrasound provides students with what they need to know to pass the registry exam.
* Learning Objectives and Key Terms begin each chapter, and subheadings have been added to break up the chapters into more accessible sections.
* 40-page color insert includes more than 100 ultrasound scans, providing an accurate representation of what students will actually encounter in the clinical setting.

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What's New

* Many illustrations are larger than before, allowing better visualization of key points.
* Updated content includes the continuing progression of contrast agents and 3D, along with the more general aspects of transducers and instruments.
* Concepts have been simplified and/or expanded to aid student comprehension.
* Advanced Concept boxes have been added for those students interested in more complicated ultrasound physics concepts.
* Over 50 updated illustrations include scans, graphs, and line drawings, demonstrating the concepts of physics and ultrasound.
* Updated end-of-chapter questions and answers are provided for content review, including true-or-false, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, and mathematical questions.

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Contents

PART 1 SONOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLES CHAPTER 1 Introduction Sonography Doppler Ultrasound Review Exercises CHAPTER 2 Ultrasound Sound Pulsed Ultrasound Attenuation Echoes Review Exercises CHAPTER 3 Transducers Construction and Operation Beams and Focusing Automatic Scanning Detail Resolution Review Exercises CHAPTER 4 Imaging Instruments Beam Former Signal Processor Image Processor Display Review Exercises PART 2 DOPPLER PRINCIPLES CHAPTER 5 Doppler Effect Flow Stenoses Doppler Equation Doppler Angle Review Exercises CHAPTER 6 Color-Doppler Instruments Color-Doppler Principle Instruments Doppler-Shift Displays Doppler-Power Displays Review Exercises CHAPTER 7 Spectral-Doppler Instruments Continuous-Wave Instruments Pulsed-Wave Instruments Spectral Analysis Spectral Displays Review Exercises PART 3 MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS CHAPTER 8 Artifacts Propagation Attenuation Spectral Doppler Color Doppler Review Exercises CHAPTER 9 Performance and Safety Performance Measurements Output Measurements Bioeffects Safety Review Exercises CHAPTER 10 Review Comprehensive Exam Glossary Answers to Exercises Appendix A: Compilation of Key Points Appendix B: List of Symbols Appendix C: Compilation of Equations Appendix D: Compilation of Boxes and Tables Appendix E: Mathematics Review Appendix F: Physics Review Appendix G: Additional Material for Exam Preparation Appendix H: Compilation of Advanced Topics Appendix I: Doppler Principles (condensed) References Index