Introduction (F A Duck). Glossary of terms. Part 1: The physics of medical ultrasound. Ultrasonic beams (V F Humphrey). Nonlinear effects in ultrasound propagation (A C Baker). Radiation pressure and acoustic streaming (F A Duck). Ultrasonic properties of tissues (J C Bamber). Part 2: Technology and measurement in diagnostic imaging. Transducer arrays for medical ultrasound imaging (T L Szabo). Doppler technology and techniques (P N T Wells). The purpose and techniques of acoustic output measurement (A Whittingham). Part 3: Ultrasound therapy and surgery. Ultrasound hyperthermia and the prediction of heating (J W Hand). Focused ultrasound surgery (G ter Haar). Acoustic wave lithotripsy (M Halliwell). Part 4: Acoustic bubbles. An introduction to acoustic cavitation (T G Leighton). Echo-enhancing (ultrasound contrast) agents (D O Cosgrove). Sonochemistry and drug delivery (G J Price). Part 5: Some modern research issues in medical ultrasound. Imaging elastic properties of tissue (J F Greenleaf et al). The signal-to-noise relationship for investigative ultrasound (C R Hill). Challenges in the ultrasonic measurement of bone (J G Truscott and R Strelitzki). Index.