Big Quizzes Flashcards
which of the following are important for creating a high quality image (choose many):
- use of focal zone @ the appropiate depth of area of interest in image
- using the TCG curve with all knobs to the left
- use the highest frequency transducer-taking into account the depth of organ of interest
- keeping the overall gain @ 90%
- keeping the area of interest as close to the surface (near field) as possible
- use of focal zone @ the appropiate depth of area of interest in image
- use the highest frequency transducer-taking into account the depth of organ of interest
- keeping the area of interest as close to the surface (near field) as possible
The image is a transverse image of the spleen.
there is a circle in the middle of the spleen that can be described as a _____nodule relative to the normal splenic parenchyma.
- Mixed echogenicity w/ predom hyperechoic periphery
- anechoic
- isoechoic
- hyperechoic
- hypoechoic periphery & hyperechoic center
- hypoechoic periphery & hyperechoic center
The fact that US waves travel @ different speeds of sound in different tissues
Ex: Fat vs ST
- side lobe artifact
- reverberation artifact
- distal acoustic enhancement
- mirror image artifact
- refraction artifact
- speed propogation error
- speed propogation error
A cystic structure that does not attenuate the US beam so that more US waves are reflected distal to the structure and is thereby hyperechoic rel to surrounding structures that are not distal to the cystic structure
- side lobe artifact
- reverberation artifact
- distal acoustic enhancement
- mirror image artifact
- refraction artifact
- speed propogation error
- distal acoustic enhancement
Echogenic structures that are placed within the primary ultrasound beam that originate from a secondary US lobe interaction
- side lobe artifact
- reverberation artifact
- distal acoustic enhancement
- mirror image artifact
- refraction artifact
- speed propogation error
- side lobe artifact
the bending of the US beam at the level of a curved surface resulting in a diverging hypoechoic triangle below (or distal to) the curved surface
- side lobe artifact
- reverberation artifact
- distal acoustic enhancement
- mirror image artifact
- refraction artifact
- speed propogation error
- refraction artifact
a linear “comet tail” artifact that extends distally from a gas-ST interface
- side lobe artifact
- reverberation artifact
- distal acoustic enhancement
- mirror image artifact
- refraction artifact
- speed propogation error
- reverbation artifact
the visualization of the liver & Diaphragm cranial to the diaphragm due to a multipath artifact created by the strong acoustic interface of the diaphragm & lung surfaces
- side lobe artifact
- reverberation artifact
- distal acoustic enhancement
- mirror image artifact
- refraction artifact
- speed propogation error
- Mirror image artifact
Rank in order of Anechoic (1) to Hyperechoic (6)
- Renal Cortex
- BPH
- Blood Inside vessels
- Hepatic parenchyma
- splenic parenchyma
- renal medula
- Blood inside vessels
- Renal Medulla
- Renal Cortex
- Hepatic Parenchyma
- Splenic Parenchyma
- BPH
which of the following BV are used for the localization of the left adrenal glands?
- Celiac artery
- Caudal vena cava @ level of caudal pole of left kidney
- Left renal artery
- Cranial mesenteric artery
- Left renal vein
- Celiac artery
- Left renal artery
- Cranial mesenteric artery
the following image is from a dog with DM. ALong the periphery of the UB lumen there is an artifact originating in the wall.
The artifact is called a _________ artifact.
The conclusion would be there is ______ assoc with the UB wall.
- Side Lobe; nothing as it is a fake out
- Reverberation; Gas
- Mirror Image; Mineral
- Distal Acostic Shadow; Mineral
- Reverberation; Mineral
- Reverberation; Gas
the cranial deliminaters of the left adrenal gland in the dog include
- right phrenicoabdominal artery
- left renal artery
- cranial mesenteric artery
- celiac artery
- left renal vein
- cranial mesenteric artery
- celiac artery
in the cat, the left lobe of the pancreas is located
- caudal to the transverse colon
- caudal to the stomach
- cranial to the transverse colon
- cranial to the stomach
- lateral to the splee
- caudal to the stomach
- cranial to the transverse colon
which of the following is a characteristic of adrenal malignant neoplasia
- usually is derived from the adrenal zona reticularis
- can mineralize
- is typically small but has high pulmonary metastatic potential
- can invade the caudal vena cava
- can mineralize
- can invade the caudal vena cava
the thickest intestinal segment in the dog is the ________
- duodenum
- jejunum
- ileum
the thickest intestinal segment in the dog is the ________
- duodenum