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US technology is rapidly advancing and being refined, and is aimed at both increasing image quality and opening new fields of applications. This chapter will review the main advances in US technology and address the clinical impact they have had or are likely to have in the future in the field of the musculoskeletal system. New developments in transducer technology and advances in the quality and presentation of US images will be discussed.
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Derchi, L.E., Rizzatto, G. (2007). Technical Requirements. In: Ultrasound of the Musculoskeletal System. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-28163-4_1
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