Diagnostic Ultrasound: Principles and Instruments, 6th Edition

Book Description
This book clearly explains how to properly handle artifacts, scan safely, and evaluate instrument performance, while also helping students prepare for registry and board examinations in diagnostic ultrasound. Information is presented in a dynamic, visual format, with boxes, tables, and over 1,000 illustrations. This edition contains new and expanded material on contrast agents, harmonic imaging, coded excitation, panoramic imaging, spatial compounding, 3-D imaging, and electronic storage and communication of images external to the diagnostic instruments. Reorganized, rewritten material reflects the digital beam-forming, signal-processing, and image-processing functions of modern instruments.


Book Info
Wake Forest Univ., Winston-Salem, NC. Brandon/Hill Allied Health List first-purchase selection (#65.) Presents fundamental knowledge of the physical principles and instrumentation of diagnostic ultrasound. Explains how diagnostic ultrasound works and how to handle artifacts, scan safely, evaluate instrument performance, and prepare for exams. DNLM: Ultrasonography.


About the Author
Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC


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Now in its sixth edition, Diagnostic Ultrasound: Principles and Instruments continues its tradition of bringing you superior coverage of diagnostic ultrasonography. Essential topics in physics and ultrasound have been updated to include the latest imaging techniques, innovations in instrumentation, and cutting-edge scanning technology. Best of all, you'll still find all the classic features that have long made this the text of choice for diagnostic medical sonography students and practitioners.


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