DIUS-3500 : Ultrasound Physics

An Introductionduction to ultrasound physics. Topics include the physics of pulsed ultrasound, including its production and detection by transducers; characteristics of pulses and sound beams; interaction of ultrasound with tissue, including attenuation, impedance, reflection, refraction, scattering and ranging; hemodynamics; the Doppler effect; Introductionduction to ultrasonic instrumentation. Requisites may be bypassed with permission of the diagnostic ultrasound department.