2nd Edition
Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging and Blood Flow Measurements, Second Edition
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.
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
Biography
K. Kirk Shung obtained a B.S. in electrical engineering from Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan in 1968; a M.S. in electrical engineering from University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1970; and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University of Washington, Seattle, in 1975. In 2002 he joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles as a professor and became a dean’s professor in 2013. He has published over 500 papers and book chapters, is the author of Diagnostic Ultrasound: Imaging and Blood Flow Measurements published by CRC press in 2005, and co-editor of Ultrasonic Scattering by Biological Tissues published by CRC Press in 1993.
"... provides excellent coverage in many areas of the physics and engineering of diagnostic ultrasound imaging, but also misses some key concepts that would be useful to new ultrasound physicists and engineers. Although designed as a biomedical engineering textbook on ultrasound imaging, it is useful as a handbook for quick reference to many basic concepts, bioeffects and acoustic measurement techniques for diagnostic ultrasound imaging and applications."
—Jeremy J. Dahl, Stanford, California, USA, from Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Volume 41, Number 12, 2015
