Ultrasound in Medicine (Hardcover)

INTRODUCTION
Ultrasound in medicine
F.A. Duck

THE PHYSICS OF MEDICAL ULTRASOUND
Ultrasonic fields: structure and prediction
V.F. Humphrey and F.A. Duck
Nonlinear effects in ultrasound propagation
A.C. Baker
Radiation pressure and acoustic streaming
F.A. Duck
Ultrasound properties of tissues
J.C. Bamber

TECHNOLOGY AND MEASUREMENT IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
Transducer arrays for medical ultrasound imaging
T.L. Szabo
Doppler technology and techniques
P.N.T. Wells
The purpose and techniques of acoustic output measurement
T.A. Whittingham

ULTRASOUND HYPERTHERMIA AND SURGERY
Ultrasound hyperthermia and the prediction of heating
J.W. Hand
Focused ultrasound surgery
G.R. ter Haar
Acoustic wave lithotripsy
M. Halliwell

ACOUSTIC BUBBLES
An introduction to acoustic cavitation
T.G. Leighton
Echo-enhancing (ultrasound contrast) agents
D.O. Cosgrove
Sonochemistry and drug delivery
G.J. Price

SOME MODERN RESEARCH ISSUES IN MEDICAL ULTRASOUND
Imaging elastic properties of tissue
J.F. Greenleaf, R.L. Ehman, M. Fatema, and R. Muthupillai
The signal-to-noise relationship for investigative ultrasound
C.R. Hill
Challenges in the ultrasonic measurement of bone
J.G. Truscott and R. Strelitzki

INDEX