Medical Applications of Ultrasound

This book highlights all the important aspects of medical ultrasound. Ultrasound has now almost occupied the same market share as X-ray due to its safety aspect and cost effectiveness. Topics covered are: BScan and CScan imaging modes and instrumentation, 3D ultrasound medical imaging and future developments, color Doppler imaging, elasticity imaging, tissue harmonic imaging, acoustical chaos fractal imaging, biomedical applications of acoustical microscopy, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and therapeutics application of ultrasound.