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Principles of physics in Ultrasound Physics has become an important part of medicine allowing specialist doctors and radiographers to rapidly access a patient's condition and to help in long-term diagnosis. This enables doctor's to treat patients before their condition deteriorates. This procedure would not be possible without the use of X-rays, CAT scans, MRI scans, ultrasound and endoscopes, which allow doctors to see inside the body with little or no surgery. Without such equipment doctors would be forced to use invasive techniques, which could cause patients more harm as it increases the risk of infection. A sound or ultrasound wave consists of a mechanical disturbance of a medium (gas, liquid or solid) which passes through the medium at a fixed speed. Sound waves consist of a disturbance of air molecules, the vibrations which pass from molecule to molecules from the speaker to the ear of the listener. The rate at which particles in the...

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