Diagnostic Ultrasound: Imaging and Blood Flow Measurements, Second Edition

Features

• Adds a new chapter on elastography and miniature scanners
• Includes new cases studies and examples throughout the book
• Provides extensive references at the end of each appropriate chapter to enhance further study

Summary

Offers an Extensive Discussion on High Frequency Ultrasound

Based on a course taught and developed by a foremost expert in diagnostic ultrasound technology, Diagnostic Ultrasound: Imaging and Blood Flow Measurements, Second Edition covers cutting-edge developments, along with the fundamental physics, instrumentation, system architecture, clinical applications, and biological effects of ultrasound. This text addresses the technical side of diagnostic ultrasound and begins with an overview of the field of ultrasonic imaging and its role in diagnostic medicine relative to other imaging modalities. The author describes the fundamental physics involved in ultrasonic transducers, as well as in conventional imaging approaches and Doppler measurements, including contrast imaging and 4D imaging. He reviews the current status and standards on ultrasound bioeffect and discusses methods that have been used to measure ultrasonic properties of tissues. He also provides a list of relevant references and further reading materials at the end of each chapter.

New in the Second Edition: 

• Details the latest advances in ultrasound technology related to biomedical applications, including elastrography, portable scanners, ultrasound molecular imaging, preclinical high frequency imaging, 2D array, and 4D imaging techniques
• Updates and expands each chapter
• Adds a new chapter on new developments such as elastography and miniature scanners
• Includes new case studies and examples throughout the book

Diagnostic Ultrasound: Imaging and Blood Flow Measurements, Second Edition covers recent advances in ultrasound technology related to biomedical applications. Intended for senior- to graduate-level coursework in ultrasonic imaging, this text also serves practicing physicists, engineers, clinicians, and sonographers.

Table of Contents

Introduction

History

Role of ultrasound in medical imaging

Purpose of the book

References and further reading materials

Fundamentals of acoustic propagation

Stress and strain relationship

Acoustic wave equation

Characteristic impedance

Intensity

Acoustic radiation force

Reflection and refraction

Attenuation, absorption, and scattering

Nonlinearity parameter B/A

Doppler effect

References and further reading materials

Ultrasonic transducers and arrays

Piezoelectric effect

Piezoelectric constitutive equation

Ultrasonic transducers

Characterization of piezoelectric materials

Transducer beam characteristics

Arrays

Characterization of transducer/array performance

References and further reading materials

Gray-scale ultrasonic imaging

A- (amplitude) mode and B- (brightness) mode imaging

M-mode and C-mode

Ultrasound computed tomography (CT)

Coded excitation imaging

Compound imaging

Synthetic aperture imaging

New developments

References and further reading materials

Doppler flow measurements

Nondirectional CW flowmeters

Directional doppler flowmeters

Pulsed_goppler flowmeters

Clinicarapplications and doppler indices

Potential problems ingopj;ler measurements

Tissue4}oppler and mUItigateqoppler

References and further reading materials

Flow and displacement imaging

Color doppler flow imaging

Color oppler power imaging

Time: fomain flow estimation

Elasticity imaging

Acoustic radiation force imaging (ARFI)

Vibro-acoustography

Supersonic shear wave imaging (SSWI)

B-Flow imaging

References and further reading materials

Contrast media and harmonic imaging

Contrast agents

Nonlinear interactions between ultrasound and bubbles

Modified rayleigl], lesset equation for encapsulated gas bubbles

Solutions tojayleig lesset equation

Harmonic imaging

Native tissue harmonic imaging

Zrnaging

Clinical applications of contrast agents and harmonic imaging

References and further reading materials

Intracavity and high-frequency (HF) imaging

Intracavity imaging

Intravascular imaging

High-frequency imaging

Acoustic microscopes

References and further reading materials

Multidimensional imaging and recent developments

Parallel processing

Multidimensional arrays

3D/imaging

Recent developments

References and further reading materials

Biological effects of ultrasound

Acoustic phenomena at high-intensity levels

Ultrasound bioeffects

References and further reading materials

Methods for measuring speed, attenuation, absorption, and scattering

Velocity

Attenuation

Scattering

References and further reading materials