This popular text provides a comprehensive, yet accessible, introduction to the physics and technology of medical ultrasound, with high quality ultrasound images and diagrams throughout. Covering all aspects of the field at a level that meetings the requirements of accredited sonography courses, it is ideal for both trainee and qualified healthcare professionals practising ultrasound in a clinical setting. Building on the content of previous editions, this third edition provides the latest guidance relating to ultrasound technology, quality assurance and safety and discusses the latest techniques.

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Introduction to B-mode imaging -- Physics -- Transducers and beam forming -- B-mode instrumentation -- Properties, limitations and artefacts of B-mode images -- B-mode measurements -- Principles of Doppler ultrasound -- Blood flow -- Spectral Doppler ultrasound -- Colour flow -- Advanced techniques for imaging flow and tissue motion -- Three-dimensional ultrasound -- Contrast agents -- Elastography -- Quality assurance -- Safety of diagnostic ultrasound.