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Basic Principles and Advanced Technological Aspects of Ultrasound Imaging

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Physics and Engineering of Medical Imaging

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In modern medicine there is an ever increasing tendency to make use of images for diagnostic purposes. In a general sense these images constitute concise illustrations of the information supplied by an energy source which is either generated by the object under examination or made available by a suitable source.

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Masotti, L. (1987). Basic Principles and Advanced Technological Aspects of Ultrasound Imaging. In: Guzzardi, R. (eds) Physics and Engineering of Medical Imaging. NATO ASI Series, vol 119. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3537-2_19

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