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Ultrasound waves are reflected at the surfaces between the tissues of different density, the reflection being proportional to the difference in impedance. Given a working knowledge of these various concepts and an understanding of how the theoretical principles can be put to use in a practical arena, physics of ultrasound becomes the bedrock upon which to build all the other knowledge necessary in. A transducer emits an ultrasonic pulse and the time taken for the pulse to bounce off an object and come back is graphed in order to determine how far away the object is. Nearly 600 registrylike multiplechoice items, including many imagebased cases. Channel is an independent signal path consisting of a transducer element, delay, and possibly other electronic components.
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