Physical Principles of Medical Ultrasonics
Physical Principles of Medical Ultrasonics
English | Radiology | 23. Januar 2004 | ISBN-10: 0471970026 | 528 pages | Pdf | 8.3 mb
English | Radiology | 23. Januar 2004 | ISBN-10: 0471970026 | 528 pages | Pdf | 8.3 mb
The physical properties of ultrasound, particularly its highly directional beam behaviour, and its complex interactions with human tissues, have led to its becoming a vitally important tool in both investigative and interventional medicine, and one that still has much exciting potential.
This new edition of a well-received book treats the phenomenon of ultrasound in the context of medical and biological applications, systematically discussing fundamental physical principles and concepts. Rather than focusing on earlier treatments, based largely on the simplifications of geometrical acoustics, this book examines concepts of wave acoustics, introducing them in the very first chapter.
Practical implications of these concepts are explored, first the generation and nature of acoustic fields, and then their formal descriptions and measurement. Real tissues attenuate and scatter ultrasound in ways that have interesting relationships to their physical chemistry, and the book includes coverage of these topics.