Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Author/Editor |
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Chapter 1 Introduction |
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1.2 Role of ultrasound in medical imaging |
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References and Further Reading Materials |
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Chapter 2 Fundamentals of acoustic propagation |
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2.1 Stress and strain relationship |
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2.2 Acoustic wave equation |
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2.3 Characteristic impedance |
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2.5 Acoustic radiation force |
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2.6 Reflection and refraction |
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2.7 Attenuation, absorption, and scattering |
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2.8 Nonlinearity parameter B/A |
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References and Further Reading Materials |
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Chapter 3 Ultrasonic transducers and arrays |
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3.2 Piezoelectric constitutive equation |
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3.3 Ultrasonic transducers |
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3.3.1 Mechanical matching |
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3.3.2 Electrical matching |
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3.4 Characterization of piezoelectric materials |
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3.4.1 Dielectric constant |
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3.4.2 Dielectric loss tangent |
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3.4.3 Electromechanical coupling coefficient |
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3.4.4 Mechanical quality factor Qm |
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3.4.5 Piezoelectric strain or transmission constant d33 |
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3.5 Transducer beam characteristics |
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3.5.1 Lateral beam profiles |
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3.5.2 Pulsed ultrasonic field |
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3.5.3 Visualization and mapping of the ultrasonic field |
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3.5.4 Axial and lateral resolutions |
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3.5.6 Protection circuits for transducers |
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3.6 Characterization of transducer/array performance |
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References and Further Reading Materials |
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Chapter 4 Gray-scale ultrasonic imaging |
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4.1 A- (amplitude) mode and B- (brightness) mode imaging |
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4.1.1 Resolution of B-mode ultrasonic imaging systems |
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4.1.4.1 Point spread function |
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4.1.5 Phase aberration compensation |
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4.1.6 Clinical applications |
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127 | (1) |
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4.3 Ultrasound computed tomography (CT) |
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130 | (2) |
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4.4 Coded excitation imaging |
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4.6 Synthetic aperture imaging |
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References and Further Reading Materials |
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Chapter 5 Doppler flow measurements |
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5.1 Nondirectional CW flowmeters |
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5.2 Directional Doppler flowmeters |
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5.2.1 Single-sideband filtering |
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5.2.2 Heterodyne demodulation |
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5.2.3 Quadrature phase demodulation |
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5.3 Pulsed Doppler flowmeters |
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5.4 Clinical applications and Doppler indices |
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5.5 Potential problems in Doppler measurements |
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5.6 Tissue Doppler and multigate Doppler |
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References and Further Reading Materials |
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Chapter 6 Flow and displacement imaging |
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6.1 Color Doppler flow imaging |
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6.2 Color Doppler power imaging |
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6.3 Time domain flow estimation |
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6.4.2 Sonoelasticity imaging |
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6.5 Acoustic radiation force imaging (ARFI) |
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6.7 Supersonic shear wave imaging (SSWI) |
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References and Further Reading Materials |
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Chapter 7 Contrast media and harmonic imaging |
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7.1.2 Encapsulated gaseous agents |
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7.1.3 Dilute distribution of bubbles of varying size |
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7.2 Nonlinear interactions between ultrasound and bubbles |
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7.3 Modified Rayleigh-Plesset equation for encapsulated gas bubbles |
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7.4 Solutions to Rayleigh-Plesset equation |
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7.6 Native tissue harmonic imaging |
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7.8 Clinical applications of contrast agents and harmonic imaging |
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References and Further Reading Materials |
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Chapter 8 Intracavity and high-frequency (HF) imaging |
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8.1.1 Transesophageal cardiac imaging |
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8.1.2 Transrectal and transvaginal imaging |
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8.1.3 Endoluminal imaging |
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8.2 Intravascular imaging |
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8.3 High-frequency imaging |
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References and Further Reading Materials |
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Chapter 9 Multidimensional imaging and recent developments |
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9.2 Multidimensional arrays |
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9.4.1 Photoacoustic imaging |
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9.4.2 Multimodality imaging |
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References and Further Reading Materials |
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Chapter 10 Biological effects of ultrasound |
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10.1 Acoustic phenomena at high-intensity levels |
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10.1.4 Radiation force and streaming |
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10.2 Ultrasound bioeffects |
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10.2.3 Mechanical effects and mechanical index |
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10.2.4 Bioeffects associated with gaseous contrast agents |
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References and Further Reading Materials |
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Chapter 11 Methods for measuring speed, attenuation, absorption, and scattering |
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11.1.1.1 Interferometric method |
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11.1.1.2 Pulse-echo method |
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11.1.1.3 Velocity difference method |
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11.2.1.1 Transmission methods |
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11.2.1.2 Transient thermoelectric method |
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11.2.2.1 Loss of amplitude method |
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11.2.2.2 Frequency shift method |
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References and Further Reading Materials |
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Index |
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