Bioacoustics and Therapeutic Ultrasound

4 credits

Principles of bioacoustics with applications to biomedical ultrasound, presented from an engineering viewpoint. Introduces principles of sound propagation, reflection, transmission, refraction, absorption, and bioeffects due to tissue interaction. Covers clinical applications, technology, and techniques and tools in modern therapeutic ultrasound procedures and devices. Discusses current challenges and opportunities in therapeutic ultrasound. Prerequisite: MATH 126 or MATH 136; PHYS 121 or PHYS 141; and PHYS 122 or PHYS 142. ; recommended: PHYS 123 or PHYS 143; experience with signal processing; linear systems; Fourier transforms; differential equations; linear algebra; and programming (MATLAB, Python, or similar).