A device that can perform 3D ultrasound imaging with just one large piezoelectric ultrasound transmitter and receiver has been developed by researchers in the Netherlands. Most ultrasound imagers use ...

A new way of creating specially shaped pulses of ultrasound using light and a 3D printer has been unveiled by Michael Brown and colleagues at University College London. The pulses, which are creating ...

This week is International Medical Physics Week 2021, which runs from 26-30 April and recognises the important contributions that physics has made to the field of medicine. Medical physics is the ...

Ultrasound close ultrasoundSound with a frequency greater than 20,000 Hz (20 kHz). waves have a frequency higher than the upper limit for human hearing – above 20,000 Hertz (Hz). Different species of ...

The use of ultrasound to detect kidney stones is just as effective as CT, according to a study in the Sept. 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "It's actually quite surprising that ...