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The negative sign indicates that the gas compresses volume decreases when applied pressure is increased. From a physics point of view, elastography aims to quantitatively image the youngs e modulus. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. With 4 mhz 100 s pulses applied to groups of elements in a linear array transducer with appropriate timing to. To assess the youngs modulus of the tissue, all elastography techniques rely on the same basis. Other moduli describe the materials response to other kinds of stress. Bulk modulus, numerical constant that describes the elastic properties of a solid or fluid when it is under pressure on all surfaces. I can not thank you enough for your book essentials of ultrasound physics. The bulk modulus or of a substance is a measure of how resistant to compression that substance is. Links, medical imaging signals and systems, and lecture notes by prince.
Although often considered a simple bedside technology, these principles can be somewhat complicated. Medical ultrasound machines generate and receive ultrasound waves. With respect to ultrasound, the wavelength is an extremely important. The bulk modulus of a gas is defined as the ratio of volumetric stress to the volumetric strain i. Bulk modulus physics britannica encyclopedia britannica.
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