Azhari Basics of Biomedical Ultrasound for Engineers

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-56146-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 392 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley - IEEE

A practical learning tool for building a solid understanding ofbiomedical ultrasound
Basics of Biomedical Ultrasound for Engineers is astructured textbook that leads the novice through the field in aclear, step-by-step manner. Based on twenty years of teachingexperience, it begins with the most basic definitions of waves,proceeds to ultrasound in fluids and solids, explains theprinciples of wave attenuation and reflection, then introduces tothe reader the principles of focusing devices, ultrasonictransducers, and acoustic fields, and then delves into integrativeapplications of ultrasound in conventional and advanced medicalimaging techniques (including Doppler imaging) and therapeuticultrasound. Demonstrative medical applications are interleavedwithin the text and exemplary questions with solutions are providedon every chapter. Readers will come away with the basic toolkit ofknowledge they need to successfully use ultrasound in biomedicineand conduct research.
* Encompasses a wide range of topics within biomedical ultrasound,from attenuation and eflection of waves to the intricacies offocusing devices, transducers, acoustic fields, modern medicalimaging techniques, and therapeutics
* Explains the most common applications of biomedical ultrasoundfrom an engineering point of view
* Provides need-to-know information in the form of physical andmathematical principles directed at concrete applications
* Fills in holes in knowledge caused by ever-increasing newapplications of ultrasonic imaging and therapy
Basics of Biomedical Ultrasound for Engineers is designedfor undergraduate and graduate engineering students;academic/research engineers unfamiliar with ultrasound; andphysicians and researchers in biomedical disciplines who need anintroduction to the field. This book is meant to be "my firstbook on biomedical ultrasound" for anyone who is interestedin the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Azhari, Haim

Über Autor(innen)

HAIM AZHARI, DSc, conducts research in medical imaging, including the application of ultrasound and MRI in medical imaging, image tomographic reconstruction, image processing, and information extraction from medical images. Professor Azhari received his doctorate in biomedical engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in 1987. From 1987 to 1990, he was on the staff of the Technion Department of Biomedical Engineering in a postdoctoral position. Azhari then received a double appointment as an International Research Fellow in both the Department of Radiology and the Division of Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Upon his return to Israel in 1992, he joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion-IIT as a staff member, where he is currently an associate professor. From 1999-2000, Azhari was at Harvard Medical School in the Beth-Israel Radiology Department.