Preface
vii
What’s New inThis Edition
FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS
• Math in Ultrasound
• Artifacts
• Transducers
• System Operations
• Quality Assurance
• Doppler
• Contrast and Harmonics
• Phase Aberration
• Speckle reduction
techniques
• Role of physics in
musculoskeletal imaging
(MSK)
• Role of physics in
elastography
• Strain imaging
• Focused Ultrasound (FUS)
• Role of physics in intimal
media thickness
measurements (IMT)
• Patient Care and
Ergonomics
• 3D Imaging
UPDATED AND ENHANCED CONTENT
NEW CHAPTERS ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
• One volume
• Full Color (enhancing
illustrations of complex
concepts)
• “Common Misconceptions”
(offers clarification of critical
physics concepts)
• “Key Concepts “ (summarized
for easy review)
• 5e Online Extras, including:
- Physics Quiz Bank
- Supplemental Exercises
- Interactive Conceptual
Questions
- Online Animation and Image
Library
- Cardiac and Vascular Principles
