This popular text provides a comprehensive, yet accessible, introduction to the physics and technology of medical ultrasound, with high quality ultrasound images and diagrams throughout. Covering all aspects of the field at a level that meetings the requirements of accredited sonography courses, it is ideal for both trainee and qualified healthcare professionals practising ultrasound in a clinical setting. Building on the content of previous editions, this third edition provides the latest guidance relating to ultrasound technology, quality assurance and safety and discusses the latest techniques.
Preface to the third edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
Contributors
1. Introduction to B-mode imaging
Kevin Martin
2. Physics
Kevin Martin and Kumar Ramnarine
3. Transducers and beam forming
Tony Whittingham and Kevin Martin
4. B-mode instrumentation
Kevin Martin
5. Properties, limitations and artefacts of B-mode images
Kevin Martin
6. B-mode measurements
Nick Dudley
7. Principles of Doppler ultrasound
Peter R. Hoskins
8. Blood flow
Abigail Thrush
9. Spectral Doppler ultrasound
Abigail Thrush
10. Colour flow
Peter R. Hoskins and Aline Criton
11. Advanced techniques for imaging flow and tissue motion
Peter R. Hoskins and Aline Criton
12. Three-dimensional ultrasound
Peter R. Hoskins and Tom MacGillivray
13. Contrast agents
Carmel Moran and Mairéad Butler
14. Elastography
Peter R. Hoskins
15. Quality assurance
Nick Dudley, Tony Evans, and Peter R. Hoskins
16. Safety of diagnostic ultrasound
Francis Duck
Appendix A: The decibel
Appendix B: Acoustic output parameters and their measurement
Glossary
Answers
Index
