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Ultrasound imaging is based on the ‘pulse-echo’ principle: a short burst of ultrasound is emitted from a transducer, directed into a tissue, and as consequence, part of the echoes produced by the interaction of sound with tissue are reflected back to the transducer.
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Torzilli, G., Procopio, F., Del Fabbro, D. (2014). Technological Requirements for Ultrasound-Guided Liver Surgery. In: Torzilli, G. (eds) Ultrasound-Guided Liver Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5510-0_1
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