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Understanding Basic Ultrasound Physics

Instructor Image Erik Sloth
6 Lessons
1404 Students
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Understanding Basic Ultrasound Physics

Instructor Image Erik Sloth
6 Lessons
4 Quizzes
1404 Students
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Basic understanding of ultrasound physics is crucial for achieving proficiency in clinical ultrasound.

This e-course presents the fundamental concepts of ultrasound theory in an easy, comprehensible and intuitive way using a minimum of mathematical terminology.

It explains the basic concepts of waves, sound waves, ultrasound, the ultrasound system, system and user controlled ultrasound imaging, ultrasound imaging artefacts, and patient safety.

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1 Introduction to Basic Ultrasound Physics
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1 - Your experience before this basic ultrasound physics e-course and disclaimer
2 - Introduction to Basic Ultrasound Physics
3 - Basic ultrasound physics
4 - Course objectives
2 Waves and sound
22 Topics | 1 Quiz
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1 - Waves and sound waves
2 - What is a wave?
3 - What is a medium?
4 - Waves
5 - Transmission of sound waves
6 - Sound wave characteristics
7 - Sound-medium interaction
8 - Attenuation
9 - Attenuation coefficient and examples of attenuation
10 - Absorption
11 - Transmission and penetration
12 - Acoustic impedance
13 - Impedance mismatch, matching and ultrasound gel
14 - Reflection
15 - Refraction and diffraction
16 - The bayonet sign
17 - What is ultrasound?
18 - Ultrasound imaging
19 - The history of ultrasound 1793-1912
20 - The history of ultrasound 1915-1995
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3 System control
33 Topics | 1 Quiz
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1 - Introduction to system controlled imaging
2 - Diagram of the ultrasound system
3 - Transmitter
4 - Transducer
5 - Transducer: Piezoelectric and reverse piezoelectric effect
6 - The construction of each ultrasound transducer
7 - Ringing of a bell
8 - Ultrasound pulse
9 - Ultrasound pulse and axial resolution
10 - Lateral resolution
11 - Lateral resolution: Beam width
12 - The ultrasound transducer (probe)
13 - The linear transducer
14 - The curvilinear (or convex) transducer
15 - The phased array transducer: Beam steering
16 - Phased array transducer and beamfocusing
17 - Transmit beamformer
18 - Receive beamformer
19 - The receiver
20 - The scan converter
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4 User controls
37 Topics | 1 Quiz
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1 - Introduction to user controlled imaging
2 - Preparation of the ultrasound (US) system
3 - Preparation of the US system: Probe selection
4 - Multiple probe connectors
5 - Preparation of the US system
6 - Appropriate placement of the US system, the patient, and yourself
7 - Patient position
8 - The orientation marker on the probe
9 - Correct position of the orientation indicator and the orientation marker
10 - The correct grip on the probe
11 - Probe movements
12 - Anatomy planes
13 - Acoustic coupling - ultrasound gel
14 - The ultrasound beam is equivalent to a tissue slice
15 - Tissue slice and corresponding ultrasound image
16 - Image optimisation: Gain
17 - Gain: Undergain & overgain
18 - Autogain
19 - Time Gain Compensation (TGC)
20 - Image optimisation: Depth
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5 Artefacts
12 Topics
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1 - Artefacts: Introduction and learning objectives
2 - Overgain and undergain
3 - Beam width artefacts
4 - Anatomic artefacts
5 - Acoustic shadowing
6 - Enhancement
7 - Mirror artefacts
8 - Reverberations
9 - Ring-down artefact
10 - Side lobe artefact
11 - Non-detection of blood flow with Doppler
12 - Summary of artefacts
6 Summary of Basic Ultrasound Physics
Quiz: Basic Ultrasound Physics
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