Ultrasonic imaging uses high frequency sound waves to image soft tissue and fluids in the body. It can be used to diagnose diseases and abnormalities. There are several modalities including A-mode, which displays a spike for each echo; B-mode/2D imaging which forms gray scale images; 3D rendering to view structures in three dimensions; M-mode to view motion over time; and Doppler modes like color flow Doppler to image blood flow and direction, and spectral Doppler to analyze flow velocities.
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Outline of Topics Covered
What is ultrasonic imaging, what can be
imaged and why?
Modalities
• A-mode, B-mode, 2D imaging
• 3D rendering
• M-mode
• Doppler modes
* Color Flow (CF)
* Spectral Doppler
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What is ultrasonic imaging?
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What is ultrasonic imaging?
Ultrasonic imaging is the transmission of very high
frequent inaudible sound waves into the body by an
ultrasonic transducer, then receiving echo information for
tissue structures with the same transducer. The echo
information is then electronically processed to form a
viewable image of the tissue structures. This is very
similar to to the sonar process used in the Navy for
finding underwater objects.
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What can be imaged?
Soft tissue and fluids.
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What can be imaged?
Soft tissue and fluids
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What can’t be imaged?
Bone and air, e.g. lungs
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Why?
Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging is used by
doctors to view internal body structures
for the diagnosis of diseases, abnormality
of structures, and even blood flow.
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Modalities
A-mode, B-mode, 2D imaging
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Modalities
A-mode
Suzanne Amador Kane, Haverford College, “Ultrasound Imaging Physics”
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Modalities
B-mode, 2D imaging
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3D rendering
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Modalities
M-mode, or motion mode
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Modalities
A-mode
Suzanne Amador Kane, Haverford College, “Ultrasound Imaging Physics”