PHY 252 Biomedical Ultrasound
Semester: Spring
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite: MTH 163, MTH 164, and PHY122 or PHY 142 or permission of instructor.
This course provides analyses of the physical bases for the use of high-frequency sound in medicine (diagnosis, therapy and surgery) and biology. Topics include acoustic interactions of ultrasound with gas bodies (acoustic cavitation and contrast agents), thermal and non-thermal biological effects of ultrasound, ultrasonography, dosimetry, hyperthermia and lithotripsy. (Cross-listed with BME 251/451).
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