Published June 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

A Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging System

  • 1. Medison, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The ability to see the internal organs of the human body in a noninvasive way is a powerful diagnostic tool of modern medicine. Among these imaging modalities such as X-ray, MRI, and ultrasound. MRI and ultrasound are presenting much less risk of undesirable damage of both patient and examiner. In fact, no deleterious effects have been reported as a result of clinical examination by using MRI and ultrasound diagnostic equipment. As a result, their market volume has been rapidly increased. MRI has a good resolution. but there are a few disadvantages such as high price. non-real-time imaging capability. and expensive diagnostic cost. On the other hand, the ultrasound imaging system has inherently poor resolution as compared with X-ray and MRI. In spite of its poor resolution, the ultrasound diagnostic equipment is lower in price and has an ability of real-time imaging as compared with the others. As a result, the ultrasound imaging system has become general and essential modality for imaging the internal organs of human body. In this review various researches and developments to enhance the resolution of the ultrasound images are explained and future trends of the ultrasound imaging technology are described

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
3
Series
39 refs, 28 figs, 4 tabs
Journal Page Range
p. 217-232
ISSN
1225-7842

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
42102592
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
BODY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC USES; IMAGES; NMR IMAGING; PATIENTS
Descriptors DEC
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; USES