Understanding Ultrasound Physics, 4th Edition by Sidney Edelman, PhD

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Since the Sononerds content does not match up exactly with any of the current textbooks, I have also included links to videos that I think compliment other topics found in the chapter, but are not discussed by the author(s).

Not all topics will have a directly corelated video.

Chapter 1

  • Graphs

  • Relationships

  • Units

  • Powers of Ten

  • Metric System


Other videos not covered in Chapter 1 that might be helpful:


Chapter 2

  • Sound Waves

  • Acoustic Variables

  • Acoustic Parameters

  • Transverse Waves

  • Longitudinal Waves

  • In-phase and Out-of-Phase Waves

  • Interference


Other videos not covered in Chapter 2 that might be helpful:


Chapter 3

  • Describing Sound Waves

  • Period

  • Frequency

  • More about Frequency

  • More about Hertz

  • Amplitude

  • Power

  • Intensity

  • Wavelength

  • More about Wavelength

  • Propagation Speed

  • More about Propagation Speed


Other videos not covered in Chapter 3 that might be helpful:

Chapter 4

  • Pulsed Ultrasound

  • Pulse Duration

  • More about Pulse Duration

  • Spatial Pulse Length

  • More about Spatial Pulse Length

  • Pulse Repetition Period

  • More about Pulse Repetition Period

  • Pulse Repetition Frequency

  • More about Pulse Repetition Frequency

  • Relationship Between PRP and PRF

  • Duty Factor

  • More about Duty Factor

Other videos not covered in Chapter 4 that might be helpful:

Chapter 5

  • Intensities

  • Measuring and Reporting Sound Beam Intensities

  • Spatial Considerations

  • Temporal Considerations

  • Combining Spatial and Temporal Factors

  • Methods of Measuring Intensity

  • The Ten Commandments of Intensity


Other videos not covered in Chapter 5 that might be helpful:

Chapter 6

  • Comparing Signals

  • Logarithms

  • Decibels

  • Attenuation

  • Reflection

  • Scattering

  • Absorption

  • Attenuation Coefficient

  • Attenuation in Media Other Than Soft Tissue

  • Half-Value Layer Thickness

  • Impedance

  • Reflection and Transmission

  • Incidence

  • Incident, Reflected and Transmitted Sound

  • Refraction


Other videos not covered in Chapter 6 that might be helpful:

Chapter 7

  • Time of flight or Go-Return Time

  • The 13 -Microsecond Rule

  • PRP and Max Imaging Depth

  • PRF and Max Imaging Depth


Other videos not covered in Chapter 7 that might be helpful:

Chapter 8

  • Transducers

  • Basic Transducer Construction

  • Matching Layer

  • Backing Material

  • More about Piezoelectric Materials

  • Transducer Frequencies


Other videos not covered in Chapter 8 that might be helpful:

Chapter 9

  • Sound Beams

  • Shape of a Sound Beam

  • Anatomy of a Sound Beam

  • Determining Focal Depth

  • Sound Beam Divergence

  • Spherical Waves

  • Huygens' Principle


Other videos not covered in Chapter 9 that might be helpful:

Chapter 10

  • Axial Resolution

  • More about Axial Resolution

  • Lateral Resolution

  • More about Lateral Resolution

  • Focusing

  • More about Focusing


Other videos not covered in Chapter 10 that might be helpful:


Chapter 11

  • A-mode

  • B-mode

  • M-mode

Other videos not covered in Chapter 11 that might be helpful:


Chapter 12

  • 2D Imaging

  • Mechanical Transducers

  • Transducer Arrays

  • Linear Phased Arrays

  • More about Linear Phased Array Transducers

  • Annular Phased Arrays

  • Linear Sequential Arrays

  • More about Linear Sequential Array Transducers

  • Convex, Curved, or Curvilinear Array Transducers

  • Vector Arrays

  • Slice Thickness or Elevational Resolution

  • 3D Imaging

  • Special Topics


Other videos not covered in Chapter 12 that might be helpful:


Chapter 13

  • Temporal Resolution

  • Frame Rate

  • Imaging Depth

  • Number of Pulses Per Image

  • Multi-Focus

  • Sector Size

  • Line Density

  • More about Temporal Resolution

Other videos not covered in Chapter 13 that might be helpful:


Chapter 14

  • Pulsed Echo Instrumentation

  • Pulser

  • Beam Former

  • Switch

  • Receiver

  • Amplification

  • Compensation

  • Compression

  • Demodulation

  • Reject

  • Dynamic Frequency Tuning

  • Output Power vs. Receiver Gain

  • ALARA

Other videos not covered in Chapter 14 that might be helpful: