Ultrasound Imaging

4 credits

Fundamentals of ultrasound leading to real-time ultrasound imaging. Introduces sound beams and signals; transducers, arrays and array beamforming; ultrasound interaction with tissue; diffraction integral and beamforming; B-mode, M-Mode, Doppler and Color-flow modes; nonlinear imaging and contrast agents; elastography, molecular imaging, and photoacoustic imaging. Prerequisite: introductory electrical circuits, Fourier analysis, frequency filtering, and digital signal processing, with lab experience (either BIOEN 316 and BIOEN 317, or E E 215 and E E 242, or equivalent); recommended: experience with differential equations; linear algebra; linear systems analysis; scientific programming (e.g. MATLAB); and introductory medical imaging.