COURSE CONTENTS


The following chapters will be explained in details and depth and more attention will be paid to concepts and questions that are commonly asked in the Exam to make it easier for you to study and understand ultrasound physics and pass the SPI Exam.

  1. The Basics
  2. Sound
  3. Describing Sound Wave
  4. Describing Pulse Wave
  5. Intensities
  6. Interaction of Sound and Media
  7. The Range Equation
  8. Transducers
  9. The anatomy of the Sound Beams
  10. Axial and Lateral Resolution
  11. Display Modes
  12. Two Dimensional imaging
  13. Real Time Imaging
  14. Pulsed Echo Instrumentation
  15. Displays and Image Processing
  16. Dynamic Range
  17. Harmonics and Contrast Agents
  18. Hemodynamics
  19. Doppler
  20. Optimizing Doppler Images
  21. Artifacts
  22. Quality Assurance
  23. Sonographers in the clinical setting
  24. Bioeffects