TY - CHAP AU - Wei-Chih Liao AU - Chih-Yen Tu AU - Chuen-Ming Shih AU - Chia-Hung Chen AU - Hung-Jen Chen AU - Hsu Wu-Huei ED - Gunti Gunarathne Y1 - 2013-06-05 PY - 2013 T1 - Ultrasound Diagnosis of Chest Diseaseses N2 - Ultrasonic imaging is a powerful diagnostic tool available to medical practitioners, engineers and researchers today. Due to the relative safety, and the non-invasive nature, ultrasonic imaging has become one of the most rapidly advancing technologies. These rapid advances are directly related to the parallel advancements in electronics, computing, and transducer technology together with sophisticated signal processing techniques. This book focuses on state of the art developments in ultrasonic imaging applications and underlying technologies presented by leading practitioners and researchers from many parts of the world. BT - Advancements and Breakthroughs in Ultrasound Imaging SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/55419 DO - 10.5772/55419 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -