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1
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Weakening of sound beam as it travels is called

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Attenuation

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2
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Attenuation is of great clinical importance in what three ways

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  • limit imaging depth
  • has to be compensated for
  • useful in diagnosis
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Relative units of measurement expressing loudness (intensity) of sound waves

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Bel (B)

Decibel (dB)

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1 bel is equal to how many decibels

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1 Bel = 10 decibel

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Bel or decibel is used for virtually all loudness measurements

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Decibel

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Instrument output uses what to determine the power of the sound leaving the transducer

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Decibels

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What uses decibels to express the number of shades of gray displayed on the monitor

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Dynamic range

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What two things use decibels to express the amount of amplification required to optimize the returning echos

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Gains and TGC

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9
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What formula is used to calculate bels

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New I
Bel = Log ( —————— )
Original I

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What formula used to calculate decibels

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New I
dB = 10log ( ————— )
Original I

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Formula for power

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New P
dB = 10log ( ————— )
Original P

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Formula for voltage

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New V
dB = 20Log ( ————— )
Original V

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13
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What are the two rules of thumbs when dealing with decibel

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  • a 3 dB drop = half the original intensity

- a 10 dB drop = 0.1 the original intensity

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14
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Amount of attenuation that occurs with each cm travelled is called

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Attenuation coefficient

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15
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In soft tissue the attenuation coefficient is equal to

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Half the frequency

1/2 frequency

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16
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In soft tissue 0.5 dB of attenuation occurs every 1 cm per —-MHz

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Per 1 MHz

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17
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What is the total attenuation formula

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TA = (att Coeff) Times (the path length)

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18
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In soft tissue the formula for total attenuation is

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TA = (1/2 frequency) times (path length)

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19
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The distance sound must travel in material to reduce the intensity to half the original value is called what

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The half-value layer

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20
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What three things can vary attenuation

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  • nature of tissue (dead/alive)
  • frequency of ultrasound
  • depth
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21
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What are the five general reasons we have attenuation

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  • absorption
  • reflection
  • refraction
  • scatter
  • wave-front divergence
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22
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The conversion of sound energy into heat is called

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Absorption

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23
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The dominant factor in effecting attenuation is what and it accounts for approximately how much

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Absorption

80%

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24
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What are the three factors that affect absorption

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  • viscosity
  • relaxation time on molecules
  • frequency
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The ease in which molecules can slide past one one another is called

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Viscosity

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26
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Does the viscosity increase or decrease to provide greater resistance?

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Increase

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27
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Greater resistance due to increased viscosity creates more or less friction

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More friction

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28
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Having increased viscosity which creates more resistance, therefore more friction, does the attenuation increase or decrease

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Attenuation increases

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29
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What is it called when sound energy is converted into heat

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Friction

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30
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When a mechanical force is applied to a molecule what happens to it

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The molecule will vibrate

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31
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The time it takes for a molecule to come to rest is called

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The relaxation time

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32
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If molecules can’t come to rest before the next compression time, is more or less energy required to reverse its direction

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Take more energy, and it produces heat

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33
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Since relaxation time is pretty constant in soft tissue what has more influence in changing the amount of absorption

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Frequency

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34
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If frequency increases is there more or less time for molecules to recover during relaxation process

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Less time

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35
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The molecules having less time during the relaxation process, results in more or less absorption

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Results in more absorption

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36
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What are the two types of reflection

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Specular

Non-specular

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37
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This type of reflection occurs when a sound beam hits a large smooth surface

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Specular

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38
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A large surface is relative to —— used, and is greater then what in diameter

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Relative to the frequency used

Greater then one wavelength in diameter

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39
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—— from interfaces contributes to the majority of the images

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Reflection

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40
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What is an example of a specular refector

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Diaphragm

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41
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Intensity of the reflected sound depends on what two things

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Angle of incidence

Acoustic impedance of two media

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42
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The angle of incidence is equal to what

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The angle of reflection

43
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Reflections of sound that have a what way of incidence may not return to the probe

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Non-perpendicular

44
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Does perpendicular or non-perpendicular incidence help improve reflection

A

Perpendicular

45
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How fast sound moves through a medium depends on what two things

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Density and stiffness

46
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As density decreases or stiffness increased what happens to the propagation speed

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It increases

47
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Acoustic impedance is also known as

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Characteristic impedance

48
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Describe the relationship between acoustic pressure and the speed of the particle vibrations in a sound wave (speed propagation)

A

Acoustic impedance

49
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What are the units for impedance

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Rayls (Z)

50
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Impedance increase if density and velocity increase or decrease

A

Increase

51
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Z values vary with different tissues in the body due to the different what two things

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Density and stiffness

52
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Does acoustic impedance depend on frequency

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NO

53
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Does there need to be a larger or smaller difference between the interface of two media to have a bigger reflection

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Larger difference

54
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The amount of sound that reflects at the interface is called

A

Intensity reflection coefficient

55
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If we know how much sound is reflected we can then calculate what

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The amount of sound transmitted

56
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The amount of sound transmitted is called the

A

Intensity transmission coefficient

57
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If more sound is transmitted then less sound must be reflected yes or no

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Yes

58
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As the differences between two interfaces increase more or less sound will be reflected

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More

59
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If the impedances between the interface is equal what happens

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No reflection

60
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Reflection occurs when there is what at an interface

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A difference in impedance (Z values)

61
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Is it possible for 2 tissues to have different sound velocities but have the same Z values

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Yes it sure is

62
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Looking at the sound returning to the probe from an interface is what

A

Reflection

63
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Dealing with the sound that is transmitted across the interface

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Refraction

64
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Sound obeys which law

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Snell’s law of optics

65
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What happens to sound when the velocities differ across the interface and the angle of incidence is non-perpendicular

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Refraction

66
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If velocities across the interface are equal then what kind of refraction occurs

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No refraction occurs

67
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If velocity of first medium is greater then second what kind of refraction occurs

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Refract (bend) towards the normal

68
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If velocity of first medium is less then second what kind of refraction occurs

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Refract (bend) away from normal

69
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What type of reflection occurs when first medium is less then second and the angle reaches a critical value

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Total internal reflection

70
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Is it possible to have different velocities but have the same Z value

A

Yes

71
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This only occurs when velocities are different across an interface and there in non-perpendicular incidence

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Refraction

72
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Does refraction relate to Z values

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No

73
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Non-specular is called

A

Scatter

74
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When sound interacts with interfaces that are small and rough what occurs

A

Scatter

75
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A small interface is small in comparison to

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Smaller then a wavelength

76
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Scatter is typical from what kind of media

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Heterogenous

77
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What is an example of heterogenous media

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Cells

Suspended particles

78
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Is scatter dependent or independent of sound direction

A

Independent

79
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Is scatter responsible for external or internal texture of organs

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Internal

80
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What happens to the incident beam in scatter

A

It breaks up into many different echos

81
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The resulting echos in scatter must equal what

A

The incident beam (100%)

82
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Can the echos direction be predicted

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No impossible to predict

83
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The amount of scatter depends on what two things

A

Frequency

Reflector size

84
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If the frequency is higher what happens to scatter

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Higher frequency greater amount of the scatter

85
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If the reflector is smaller what happens to the scatter

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Smaller reflector greater amount of scatter

86
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When the sound is directed back to its origin it is called

A

Backscatter

87
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Is the backscatter responsible for the image we see

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Yes

88
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Because scatter is random there is a potential for what

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Brightness non-uniformities

Dark and bright spots

89
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What is the cause of brightness non-uniformities

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The result of interference patterns from echos that have undergone multi-path scattering

90
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The phenomenon of brightness non-uniformities is called

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Acoustic speckle

91
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To minimize acoustic speckle what techniques are used

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Persistence also called frame averaging

92
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What is the specific type of scatter that occurs when sound interacts with red blood cells called

A

Rayleigh scatter

93
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Why do we not see blood flow at faster velocities

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Red blood cells dimensions are much smaller then wavelengths so the scatter is weak

94
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The spreading of sound beam as it travels is called

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Divergence

95
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As area increases what happens to intensity

A

Intensity decreases

96
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As sound beam diverges the intensity of the beam weakens which adds to the overall attenuation of the beam but is called what

A

Wave front divergence

97
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Define attenuation

A

The weakening of sound as it travels

98
Q

How many decibels of sound are required to reduce the initial intensity by half

A

3 dB

99
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Define half value layer

A

How many centimetres it takes to cut the intensity in half

100
Q

List the five means that sound is attenuated in soft tissue

A 
Scatter 
Wave front divergence
Absorption
Refraction
Reflection
101
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What happens to attenuation when viscosity of a medium is increased

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Attenuation increases, because there is more friction meanin more absorption

102
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What happens to attenuation if a mediums relaxation time is increased

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Attenuation increases because more energy is needed to move the vibrating particle in the direction of the sound beam

103
Q

What is required for reflection of sound to occur at an interface

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A difference in Z values (acoustic impedance)

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