Ultrasound Physics

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Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program as well as completion of all general education courses. Corequisites: DMS 102 , DMS 104 and DMS 106 . Typically Offered: FALL This course will be a study of the physical principles and mathematical equations required to understand diagnostic ultrasound. Course includes parameters of sound waves, pulsed and continuous wave principles, laws of reflection and refraction and the role of piezoelectricity in the production and processing of ultrasound.