Principles of Ultrasound Imaging

In this chapter, the principles of ultrasound imaging are explained; the necessity of ultrasound imaging technique in medicine, explanations of some basic concepts that we encounter in the imaging process, different types of arrays for imaging, and different imaging modes have been discussed. Since the main focus of the book is on B-mode imaging, this chapter continues by describing different B-mode imaging systems. Finally, the chapter is finished by defining some common evaluation parameters that are used for the quantitative evaluation of image reconstruction algorithms.