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Title: Disjointed, Confusing, and Too Much Math!
Review: I was forced to use this book for 2 of my classes in my Vascular Ultrasound program. Despite the fact that my math background goes through the second semester of calculus, I found all of equation derivasions to be confusing as well as useless. The (dis)organization of each chapter was into what was considered Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 material. This had the effect of making. any effort to go back and review a particular point nearly an impossibility--I always found I was trying to look something up in Level 2--when it was really in Level 3 (or Level 1!). I just took (and Passed!) my Sonographic Physics and Instrumentation Board exam today, and found that trying to review using this book was worse than useless! Get yourself a good set of flashcards instead! If I hadn't I would have to take the Board exam again!
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