• Critical care medicine · May 2007

    Basic physics of ultrasound imaging.

    • John E Aldrich.
    • Department of Radiology, Vancouver Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. John.aldrich@vch.ca
    • Crit. Care Med. 2007 May 1;35(5 Suppl):S131-7.

    AbstractThe appearance of ultrasound images depends critically on the physical interactions of sound with the tissues in the body. The basic principles of ultrasound imaging and the physical reasons for many common artifacts are described.

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