Status of Diagnostic Ultrasound Techniques

Diagnostic ultrasound may be of interest to a relatively large fraction of this group because of the strong similarities between equipment used in ultrasonic NDT, nuclear medicine, and diagnostic ultrasound, as well as the complimentary and competitive positions of radionuclide and ultrasonic techniques in medical applications. Basic principles and applications of various pulse echo diagnostic ultrasound techniques will be described briefly. Included will be: modern compound B scanners and their use in abdominal, obstetrical and other applications; the use of various real time or auto scanning systems including transducer arrays for general purpose scanning, obstetrics and gynecology and echocardiography.