Diagnostic Ultrasound

Physics and Equipment

Peter R. Hoskins, Kevin Martin, Abigail Thrush (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

276 Seiten

2010 | 2nd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-75710-2 (ISBN)

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This second edition provides a technical introduction to the physics and equipment of ultrasound, with high quality images throughout. Fully updated, with three new chapters and a glossary containing definitions of over 500 terms, this is an ideal text for radiologists, trainee sonographers, medical physicists and engineers.

All healthcare professionals practising ultrasound in a clinical setting should receive accredited training in the principles and practice of ultrasound scanning. This second 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.

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

Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Introduction to B-mode imaging K. Martin; 2. Physics K. Martin and K. V. Ramnarine; 3. Transducers and beam forming K. Martin and T. A. Whittingham; 4. B-mode instrumentation K. Martin; 5. Properties, limitations and artefacts of B-mode images K. Martin; 6. B-mode measurements N. J. Dudley; 7. Principles of Doppler P. R. Hoskins; 8. Blood flow A. Thrush; 9. Spectral Doppler ultrasound A. Thrush; 10. Colour flow and tissue imaging P. R. Hoskins and A. L. Criton; 11. Quality assurance A. J. Evans and P. R. Hoskins; 12. Safety of diagnostic ultrasound F. A. Duck and A. Shaw; 13. 3D ultrasound P. R. Hoskins and T. J. MacGillivray; 14. Contrast agents C. Moran and M. Butler; 15. Elastography P. R. Hoskins; Appendices; Glossary; Index.

Zusatzinfo	19 Tables, black and white; 76 Halftones, color; 48 Halftones, black and white; 159 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 247 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Radiologie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Sonographie / Echokardiographie
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Anamnese / Körperliche Untersuchung
ISBN-10	0-521-75710-X / 052175710X
ISBN-13	978-0-521-75710-2 / 9780521757102
Zustand	Neuware