Publisher's Synopsis
This is a reference book for engineers in the field of ultrasonics and is intended to inform those unfamiliar with current methods of ultrasonic analysis.;Explaining the mathematical and physical principles of ultrasound imaging of living tissue, the book encompasses the following topics: relationships between the biological and scattering hierarchies; graphic descriptions of scattering; class 1,2,3,4 scattering and their association with the biological hierarchy; instruments used for biologic system evaluation; and computed tomographic methods of imaging.;The authors provide an effective explanation of the ultrasound scattering of image and image acquisition that should benefit engineers, physicists and radiologists alike.
