Edited by
Mostafa Fatimi, Mayo College of Medicine & Ahmed Al-Jumaily,Auckland University of Technology

The primary objective of this book is to compile the latestresearch topics on biomedical imaging and tissue
characterization techniques that utilize vibration and acoustics.This book includes two parts. The first part is dedicated toimaging, which is comprised of eight chapters. The first sevenchapters in this part are focused on methods that utilize acousticradiation force. These chapters included methods, such asVibro-acoustography, Dual Radiation Force, Acoustic Radiation ForceImaging, and Harmonic Motion Imaging. The eighth chapter in thispart is on Magnetic Resonance Elastography.

The second part is dedicated to the applications of vibration andacoustics in tissue characterization. This part contains fivechapters. The first two chapters are on characterization ofarterial vessels, using either pressure waves or radiation force ofultrasound. The next two chapters are focused on tissue motiondetection and estimation of tissue viscoelasticity. The lastchapter in this part is on characterization of bone using elasticwaves. Since most methods presented in this book are based onultrasound, it deemed appropriate to include an appendix onultrasound bioeffects as well as safety standards and guidelinesfor practice of diagnostic ultrasound.

Readers will find this text a valuable asset in keeping themabreast of the latest techniques in this area. It will appeal notonly to fellow researchers, but also to clinicians, practitioners,lecturers and students in this exciting and vital field ofstudy.