Quantitative Ultrasound in Soft Tissues

Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) continues to mature as a research field and is primed to make a swift transition to routine preclinical and clinical applications. This book will serve two main purposes: - Advanced education in QUS by providing a complete and thorough review of all theoretical, physical, and engineering aspects of QUS. - Review of recent development of QUS by lead contributors in the research field. This 2nd edition will focus on 6 modern research topics related to quantitative ultrasound of soft tissues: - Spectral-based methods for tissue characterization, tissue typing, cancer detection, etc. - Attenuation estimation for tissue characterization and improving spectral based methods - Envelope statistics analysis as a means of quantifying and imaging tissue properties. - Ultrasound computed tomography for preclinical and clinical imaging. - Scanning acoustic microscopy for forming imagesof mechanical properties of soft tissues with micron resolution. - Phantoms for quantitative ultrasound.