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Diagnostic Ultrasound: Principles and Instruments (Hardcover)

by Frederick W. Kremkau (Author)

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Review of last edition: "An industry standard...Offers value for the money and represents a pleasant-to-use, palatable source of knowledge." -Radiology --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Clear, comprehensive coverage of basic physics and ultrasound! --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 428 pages
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company; 6 Sub edition (January 15, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 072169330X
ISBN-13: 978-0721693309
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.7 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #805,512 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Ultrasound Physics Review: A review for the Ultrasound Physics & Instrumentation ARDMS Exam by cindy A. Owen on 6 pages
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4.0 out of 5 stars An introductory textbook on medical ultrasound, April 18, 2001

By	Primoz Peterlin (Ljubljana, Slovenia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diagnostic Ultrasound: Principles and Instruments (Hardcover)

I actually came across Professor Kremkau's textbook accidentally, when I was looking for some not too dated text on the physics of medical ultrasound. Although it was obviously aimed at a practicing ultrasonographer preparing for some ARDMS or ARRT exam rather than a physicist trying to brush up his knowledge of medical ultrasound, it proved to be a valuable source of relatively recent information on the current state of the area.

The textbook starts with an overview of the basic physics of waves and ultrasound, proceeds to the transducers and beam shape, and continues to the computer technology used for imaging. Next comes a chapter on the Doppler effect, being followed by a discussion on spectral analysis. A synthesis of these two techniques is the color Doppler imaging, and an entire chapter is devoted on the recent techniques like Color Doppler and Color Power Doppler. The textbook is concluded by a chapter discussing the artifacts, and finally a chapter on performance and safety.

The style is highly readable, although the text is somewhat repetitive. One striking observation - for a physicist at least - is that professor Kremkau denies the efforts spent in inventing a readable representation of mathematical relations over the past 500 years or so, and has invented his own system. So instead of the usual "wavelength equals propagation speed divided by frequency" written in mathematical symbols, we see frames like "frequency UP, wavelength DOWN" throughout the book. Strange, and probably not particularly efficient.

Each chapter is accompanied by a list of over 100 questions, and the answers are provided at the end of the book after the summary chapter. Each chapter also contains a small handy glossary. The book is lavishly illustrated and has a useful index, while the list of references is not particularly impressive.

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8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great to have a clear concept of Ultrasound Physics, April 18, 2002

By	F.Z (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I found this book very understandable and easy in the sense that it describes most of the physical principles in detail and with equation which some other authors lack. Though it's not so easy to read at once or showing not only definations but also descriptions of topics which makes it more to understand instead of just memorizing the things and that is the most important thing I found in it