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Basic Principles and Physics of Ultrasound

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This chapter discussed the basic knowledge that one needs to acquire before they start the use of ultrasound scanning. These include the physics of sound/ultrasound and image generation by an ultrasound machine, how the image is acquired and processing in the ultrasound machine, the basic knowledge in operating an ultrasound machine (knobology), the basic sonoanatomy of tissue and common artifacts encountered in scanning, and the necessary terms and ergonomics for the performance of ultrasound scanning. A glossary is also included for various terms that are commonly encountered in ultrasound literature.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Sherif Abbas

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto Western Hopsital and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Philip Peng

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto Western Hopsital and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Philip Peng

  2. Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Roderick Finlayson

  3. Madi Pain Management Center, Jeonju, Korea (Republic of)

    Sang Hoon Lee

  4. Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto Western Hopsital and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Anuj Bhatia

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Abbas, S., Peng, P. (2020). Basic Principles and Physics of Ultrasound. In: Peng, P., Finlayson, R., Lee, S., Bhatia, A. (eds) Ultrasound for Interventional Pain Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18371-4_1

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