Elastography
Chris de Korte explains what elastography is and how he investigates this innovative ultrasound technique. He demonstrates on a phantom what you can expect when there is tissue like a …
Course: Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside?
Pressure, Velocity and Acoustic Impedance
This is a bonus article from the Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside? course. Although there was not immediately a distinct topic chosen by previous learners in the step dedicated for …
Surface perception
We have now provided you with a lot of theoretical background information, but the practical operation of the ultrasound equipment is just as important. The first practical skill the operator …
Doppler shift
The Doppler effect is commonly heard around us – for example when a police car with sirens passes by. This effect can also be used in medical imaging. Wiendelt Steenbergen …
Focusing
We now know that ultrasound can be used to get lots of information from inside the human body. But we don’t yet know how to distinguish all the information that …
A radiologist’s experience
A radiologist tells what ultrasound imaging means for his clinical practice. You will see live action of the ultrasound device most frequently used at the radiology department at the University …
