This webinar will discuss the fundamentals of tissue harmonic imaging, spatial compounding and 3D/4D imaging. For each technology, the speaker will discuss the underlying physical principles, the system operation, advantages and disadvantages and clinical uses.
Learning outcomes of the webinar include:
Tissue Harmonic Imaging:
Non-linear propagation
Generation of harmonics
Tissue harmonic imaging versus contrast harmonic imaging
Reduction of body wall artifacts
Advantages/disadvantages
Contribution to reduction of beam width
Clinical uses
Spatial compounding:
Acoustic speckle
Persistence as a form of compounding
Spatial compounding as an extension of phased array technology
Advantages/disadvantages
Clinical uses
3D/4D:
Terminology
Volume acquisition methods
Navigating around a 3D volume
Value of C-plane and Volume rendering
Multiplayer reformats
Multislice tomographic imaging
Multiplayer real-time imaging
Volume reconstruction
Maximum Intensity projection
Minimum intensity projection and Inversion imaging
Clinical Uses
Gain a basic understanding of the principles underlying Doppler ultrasound, continuous wave, pulsed and colour Doppler instrumentation, displays, accuracy and limitations.
The following will be covered:
ï Basic Doppler concepts
ï Continuous wave, pulsed and colour Doppler principles
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This webinar will help you understand the main artifacts specific to Doppler and how to minimise or eliminate them.
The webinar will cover:
ï Review of artifacts specific to Doppler
ï Aliasing
ï Intrinsic spectral broadening
ï Spectral mirror artifact
ï Artifacts due to subopt...
Gain a sufficient understanding of the safety of ultrasound and how to use the equipment to ensure the operation is within safe limits.
Learning outcomes of this webinar include:
ï General considerations, precautionary principle
ï Thermal bioeffects
ï Mechanical bioeffects
ï Cal...
