Ultrasound
The information presented in this article has been gathered by Sofian Zeina and Abram Shihata and was presented in the Biomedical Engineering meeting on November 2017. The article is posted by Nikhil Kanamala. Ultrasound waves are acoustic waves which are mechanical vibrations inducing alternating refraction and compression of the medium through which they pass. Ultrasound waves have frequencies higher than the limit of the human hearing typically between 1 – 20 MHz (generally humans can hear between 20 Hz and 20 KHz). Acoustic waves contain the following properties: · Frequency · Wavelength · Amplitude · Propagation Velocity Ultrasound waves interact with organs and tissues in the human body with the following phenomenon (Figure 1): · Reflection · Scattering · Refraction · Attenuation Figure 1: Ultrasound waves interaction with organs. Ultrasound imaging contain the