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