Despite the dramatic advances in medical imaging with the introduction of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as opposed to the more gradual evolution of diagnostic ultrasound, there are many clinical applications in which ultrasound has remained the dominant imaging modality.

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