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definition of artifacts

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artifacts are structures and features (echoes) that appear on the image but do not have a one-to-one correspondence to an anatomical structure.

they can be useful when assisting in diagnosing, may need to be ignored or eliminated.

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What do we assume of the ultrasound machine?

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1) sound travels in a straight line
2) sound travels directly to and from the reflector
3) the imaging plane is thin
4) sound always travels at 1.54 mm/µsec
5) reflections are produced by structures along the main axis of the sound beam
6) the intensity of an echo corresponds to a reflector’s scattering strength

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definition of axial resolution

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ability to distinguish two structures that are in close proximity to each other - front to back - anterior to posterior

(on top of each others on ultrasound image)

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the backing layer does what?

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stops the ringing in the probe - which allows it to have shorter pulse lengths - which increases the axial resolution

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definition of lateral resolution

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minimum distance between two side-by-side structures that can be separated and still produce two distinct echoes

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What are some causes of artifacts?

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  • faulty equipment
  • improper equipment operation
  • improper settings of controls (ex. gain settings)
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what is acoustic speckle? what does it look like? what causes it?

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a one-to-one correspondence between image brightness and scanned objects does not exist.

a granular appearance of images and spectral display.

caused by: interference of echoes from the distribution of scatters in tissue

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where does acoustic speckle occur?

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near the face of the transducer

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What is section thickness? and what else is it called?

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  • is the thickness of scanned tissue volume perpendicular to the scan plane
  • slice thickness, out-of-plane focusing, elevational resolution or width focusing
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What is temporal resolution?

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the ability to precisely position a moving structure

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what does low frame rates result in?

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less accurate positioning of reflectors

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reverberation artifact

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  • harmonics (double the frequency)

- appear as multiple, equally spaces reflections on the image, decreasing in intensity

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comet-tail artifact

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  • form of reverberation artifact
  • caused by metal object(s)
  • surgical clips, prosthetic valves, bullet etc
  • appears as multiple small bands
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ring-down artifact

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  • type of reverberation
  • produced by small gas bubbles
  • appears as a long, single, strong echo behind the reflector
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mirror-image artifact

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-occurs when a structure is located in front of a highly reflective surface causing the anatomy to be reproducr=ed or duplicated on the other side of the interface

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where does the duplicated or mirrored image appear at?

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ALWAYS deeper than the true anatomical structure

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examples of strong reflectors

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diaphragm, pleura and bowel

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multipath artifact

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  • path to and from a reflector that are not the same

- results in: incorrect axial location of an interface due to an increase in time and improper brightness

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refraction artifact

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  • produces shadowing at the edge of structures that are curved
  • heart, fetal head, or a cross-section of a vessel
  • rectus abdominal muscles (duplicated structures, ghost image artifact)
  • ex: two gestational sacs, two CAs, two AO valves
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side lobes

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  • single crystal transducer
  • energy off the main axis
  • the reflection is at the correct depth - but LATERAL from true anatomy
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grating lobes

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  • array transducers
  • reflection at the correct depth - but LATERAL from true anatomy
  • **corrected by sub-dicing and apodization - during manufacturing process
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what is range ambiguity

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it is the misplacement of an interface when the assumption that each echo is derived from the most recent pulse is violated

-the time between the transmitted pulse and the detected echo are not measured correctly

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propagation speed errors

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-causes the improper location of interfaces

24
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If the mass has a speed of sound GREATER than 1540 m/sec - what will happen to the reflector?

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the reflector will be placed closer to the transducer - it information got back faster

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If the mass has a speed of sound LESS than 1540 m/sec - what will happen to the reflector?

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the reflector will be placed deeper and further from the transducer - it took longer for the information to get back

  • a posterior displacement*
    ex: a fatty tumor (propagation speed of fat is slower than ST)
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What is acoustic shadowing?

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the absence or reduced intensity of echo information, distal to a reflector

27
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what causes acoustic shadowing?

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what the sound beam intersects a highly attenuating (highly reflective) structure

ex: calcium stone / bone
- most or the entire sound beam is redirected to the transducer = black space behind the strong echo structure

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What is a useful artifact?

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***acoustic shadowing

***enhancement

29
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What is enhancement?

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an artifact that occurs when the sound beam intersects a very low attenuation (weak reflector) structure i.e., fluid

30
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what is focal banding?

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an artifact that occurs when focusing characteristics of the transducer, creating a region of increased brightness.

  • caused by greater intensity in the focal zone
  • improper TGC settings
31
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What does reverberation cause? how can you correct it?

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  • *near field artifact
  • seen in the anterior walls of organs that are close to the skin surface
  • correct by using harmonics
32
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What causes an image to appear too bright or too dark?

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improper gain or TGCs - operator dependent

33
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what happens with excessive reject?

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all the low-level echoes are eliminated - operator dependent

34
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examples of electrical interference

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patient noise - snoring, talking, coughing etc

patient rooms - machines and monitors

35
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what is aliasing and how does it occur?

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  • it is a color artifact - in PW and color Doppler

- occurs when the Doppler shift frequency exceeds half the PRF - pulse repetition frequency

36
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What is the Nyquist limit?

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it is the limit of aliasing where the Doppler shift frequency exceeds 1/2PRF

37
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What does aliasing look like? how do you correct it?

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  • when using color Doppler, aliasing is a wrap-around of the display = apparent reversal of flow direction
  • increase the PRF
38
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with mirrow imaging or ghosting: what is the relationship between the true anatomical structure vs artifact?

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the true, anatomincal vessel, is closer to the trasnducer. The duplicated, artificat, vessel is below it.

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What artifact happens when the Doppler gain is set too high or the Doppler angle is close to 90 degrees? What does it look like?

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  • mirror imaging or crosstalk

- the spectral Doppler shows waveform above and below the baseline

40
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What is color ghosting or flash?
What causes it?
How can it be corrected?

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  • is is when color is being improperly assigned. The sudden burst of color that encompasses the frame.
  • any movenment causes it: pt breathing, talking etc
  • can correct it by increasing the color filter, decreasing the persistence, and reducing the width of the color field of view
41
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what is color bleeding or blossoming?

how do you eliminate it?

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  • it is the extension of color beyond the region of flow to the adjacent tissue
  • decrease the overall color gain or the transmit power (ALARA, which we will not do)
42
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What is color noise/clutter?

how can it be eliminated?

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  • a random variation in signal detection which causes area with no flow to be color encoded
  • by using filter, threshold, wall filter to eliminate low level echoes
43
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What ultrasound Doppler is angle dependent?

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  • color Doppler

- pulse wave Doppler

44
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a feature that appears on the image but does not correspond to an anatomical structure is called ____________?

A

an artifact

45
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which artifact interferes with the ability to detect a low-contrast object?

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acoutstic speckle

46
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what artifact occurs from the thickness of the scanned tissue volume, perpendicular to the scan plane?

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elevational resolution

47
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definition: multiple, equally-spaced reflections on the image, decreasing in intensitiy is called ____________

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reverberations

48
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what is it called when the acoustic energy is emitted in a direction different than from the main axis of the soud beam?

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side lobes

49
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the extension of color beyond the regoin of flow, to the adjacent tissue is called:

A

blossoming

50
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when dealing with acoustic speckle - what do the dots/pixel represent?

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each dpt or pixel represents a collection of scatterers

51
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name some types of artifacts

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  • not real
  • missing
  • improperly located
  • improper brightness
  • improper shape and size
52
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  • define interference

- what factors are at play?

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-a group of very closely spaced reflectors are positioned in the path of the beam - the average signal obtained from these reflectors depends on many factors

  • **1.acoustic impedance differences between scatteres and surrounding medium
    2. frequency of insonation
    3. scatter size
    4. number of scatters per unit volume
53
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What is referred to as the “dead zone”

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the area close to the trasnducer face - where is there poorest resolution

54
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a shallower depth has what relationship to PRF

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an increased PRF (not far into the body)

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