| dc.contributor.author | McWhirt, Robert Eugene | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-26T18:34:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-26T18:34:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1979-05-31 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1808/35012 | |
| dc.description | M.S. University of Kansas, Physics and Astronomy. 1979 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Current state-of-the-art diagnostic ultrasound equipment enables the physician to visually detect differences between and within body tissues. It allows for the detection of some benign and malignant tumors in such organs as the breast, thyroid, pancreas, liver, and kidney without exposure to the ionizing radiation of xray and radionuclide procedures. Diagnosis with ultrasound essentially involves the interpretation of observable interactions between the ultrasound beam and tissue interfaces. These interactions include reflection and, to a lesser degree, scatterine and depend upon differences between the acoustic impedances of the two tissues forming each interface. Large numbers of tissue interfaces exist; however, the differences among the acoustic impedances of most tissues (normal or abnormal) are not very large. | |
| dc.publisher | University of Kansas | en_US |
| dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | en_US |
| dc.title | Speed of sound measurements in potential contrast agents for use in diagnostic ultrasound | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Physics and Astronomy | |
| dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Physics and Astronomy | |
| dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.S. | |
| dcterms.abstract | Current state-of-the-art diagnostic ultrasound equipment enables the physician to visually detect differences between and within body tissues. It allows for the detection of some benign and malignant tumors in such organs as the breast, thyroid, pancreas, liver, and kidney without exposure to the ionizing radiation of xray and radionuclide procedures. Diagnosis with ultrasound essentially involves the interpretation of observable interactions between the ultrasound beam and tissue interfaces. These interactions include reflection and, to a lesser degree, scatterine and depend upon differences between the acoustic impedances of the two tissues forming each interface. Large numbers of tissue interfaces exist; however, the differences among the acoustic impedances of most tissues (normal or abnormal) are not very large. | |
| kusw.bibid | 568534 | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |
