DMS101 — Ultrasound Physics/Instru
3.0 HR. (OC) Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Program and department approval. This course is an introduction to the physical principles governing medical ultrasound equipment and its use. Physics of acoustics and sonographic instrumentation as well as production and types of sound waves will be discussed. Physical principles examined include wave forms, propagation, and relationship of velocity of propagation to frequency and wavelength, acoustic impedance, reflection, refraction, other types of attenuation, transducers, and the basic layout of a pulse echo imaging system. Three lectures hours per week.