
Ultrasound Physics and Technology
How, Why and When
- 1st Edition - June 2, 2009
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Authors: Vivien Gibbs, David Cole, Antonio Sassano
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 3 0 4 1 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 4 9 9 2 - 7
Written for health practitioners and students new to medical ultrasound, this book provides all the basic physics and technological knowledge they need in order to practise… Read more

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Request a sales quoteWritten for health practitioners and students new to medical ultrasound, this book provides all the basic physics and technological knowledge they need in order to practise ultrasound effectively, including safety aspects of ultrasound, quality assurance and the latest techniques and developments.
- Multiple choice questions for self-assessment and as a revision aid
- Chapter on terminology with explanatory paragraphs of words and phrases used in diagnostic ultrasound
- Troubleshooting guide - common problems and their solutions explored
PgC, PgD, MSc and short courses in Medical Ultrasound; undergraduate radiography students
Market nos (annual intake). Post-grad ultrasound courses at 18 HEI, approx no students on course = 30; total number 540. Short courses in ultrasound: approx 60 students at each HIE = 1080 total. No of radiography undergrad students = approx 1300.
Practitioner to student ration 80:20. (This is a student text but largely for the postgraduate and practitioner market)
Cluster book with other titles in How, Why and When series.
Conferences: annual BMUS in December; annual UKRC in May/June; physio conference
Market nos (annual intake). Post-grad ultrasound courses at 18 HEI, approx no students on course = 30; total number 540. Short courses in ultrasound: approx 60 students at each HIE = 1080 total. No of radiography undergrad students = approx 1300.
Practitioner to student ration 80:20. (This is a student text but largely for the postgraduate and practitioner market)
Cluster book with other titles in How, Why and When series.
Conferences: annual BMUS in December; annual UKRC in May/June; physio conference
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 2, 2009
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- No. of pages: 144
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780702030413
- eBook ISBN: 9780702049927
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Vivien Gibbs
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of West of England, Bristol, UKDC
David Cole
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Ultrasound Programme Director, Division of Radiography, University of Central England, Birmingham, UKAS
Antonio Sassano
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK