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Clinical ultrasound physics
Understanding the basic physics of ultrasound is essential for acute care physicians. Medical ultrasound machines generate and receive ultrasound waves. Brightness mode (B mode) is the basic mode that is usually used. Ultrasound waves are emitted from piezoelectric crystals of the ultrasound transdu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214508/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22090745 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.86646 |
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author | Abu-Zidan, Fikri M Hefny, Ashraf F Corr, Peter |
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description | Understanding the basic physics of ultrasound is essential for acute care physicians. Medical ultrasound machines generate and receive ultrasound waves. Brightness mode (B mode) is the basic mode that is usually used. Ultrasound waves are emitted from piezoelectric crystals of the ultrasound transducer. Depending on the acoustic impedance of different materials, which depends on their density, different grades of white and black images are produced. There are different methods that can control the quality of ultrasound waves including timing of ultrasound wave emission, frequency of waves, and size and curvature of the surface of the transducer. The received ultrasound signal can be amplified by increasing the gain. The operator should know sonographic artifacts which may distort the studied structures or even show unreal ones. The most common artifacts include shadow and enhancement artifacts, edge artifact, mirror artifact and reverberation artifact. |
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spelling | pubmed-32145082011-11-16 Clinical ultrasound physics Abu-Zidan, Fikri M Hefny, Ashraf F Corr, Peter J Emerg Trauma Shock Symposium Understanding the basic physics of ultrasound is essential for acute care physicians. Medical ultrasound machines generate and receive ultrasound waves. Brightness mode (B mode) is the basic mode that is usually used. Ultrasound waves are emitted from piezoelectric crystals of the ultrasound transducer. Depending on the acoustic impedance of different materials, which depends on their density, different grades of white and black images are produced. There are different methods that can control the quality of ultrasound waves including timing of ultrasound wave emission, frequency of waves, and size and curvature of the surface of the transducer. The received ultrasound signal can be amplified by increasing the gain. The operator should know sonographic artifacts which may distort the studied structures or even show unreal ones. The most common artifacts include shadow and enhancement artifacts, edge artifact, mirror artifact and reverberation artifact. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3214508/ /pubmed/22090745 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.86646 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Symposium Abu-Zidan, Fikri M Hefny, Ashraf F Corr, Peter Clinical ultrasound physics |
title | Clinical ultrasound physics |
title_full | Clinical ultrasound physics |
title_fullStr | Clinical ultrasound physics |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical ultrasound physics |
title_short | Clinical ultrasound physics |
title_sort | clinical ultrasound physics |
topic | Symposium |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214508/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22090745 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.86646 |
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