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Ch. 1 Foundations of Sonography Flashcards

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1
Q

Change in the direction of propagation of a sound wave transmitted across an interface where the speed of sound varies

A

Refraction

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2
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Angle at which a sound beam strikes the interface between two types of tissue

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Angle of incidence

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3
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Power per unit area

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Intensity

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4
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Special material in the transducer that has the ability to convert electric impulses into sound waves

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Crystal

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5
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Propagation of energy that moves back and forth or vibrates at a steady rate

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Wave

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6
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Any device that converts energy from one form to another

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Transducer

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7
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Number of cycles per second that a periodic event or function undergoes

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Frequency

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8
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Measure of material’s resistance to the propagation of sound; expressed as the product of acoustic velocity of the medium and density of the medium

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Acoustic Impedance

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9
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Generation of electric signals as the result of an incident sound beam on a material that has piezoelectric properties

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Piezoelectric Effect

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10
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Region over which the effective width of the sound beam is within some measure of its width at the focal distance

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Focal Zone

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11
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Reduction in amplitude and intensity of a sound wave as it propagates through a medium

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Attenuation

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12
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Passive force in opposition to another, active force; occurs when tissue exerts pressure against the flow

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Resistance

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13
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Surface forming the boundry between media having different properties

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Interface

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14
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Region of increased particle density

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Compression

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15
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Distance over which a wave repeats itself during one period of oscillation

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Wavelength

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16
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Refers to the minimum distance between two structures positioned along the axis of the beam where both structures can be visualized as separate objects

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Axial Resolution

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17
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Rate of energy flow over the entire beam of sound

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Power

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18
Q

Unit used to quantitatively express the ratio of two amplitudes or intensities

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Decible (db)

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19
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1,000,000 Hz

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Megahertz (MHz)

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20
Q

Ability of the transducer to distinguish between two structures adjacent to one another

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Resolution

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21
Q

TIme interval required for generating the transmitted pulse

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Pulse duration

22
Q

Sequence of events occurring at regular intervals

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Cycle

23
Q

Speed of ultrasound wave; determined by tissue density

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Velocity

24
Q

Minimum distance between two objects at which they still can be displayed as separate objects

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Lateral resolution

25
Q

Unit for frequency; equal to 1 cycle per second

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Hertz (Hz)

26
Q

Field closest to the transducer during formation of the sound beam

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Fresnel zone

27
Q

Angle of incidence at which the sound beams strike the interface

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Angle of reflection

28
Q

1000 Hz

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Kilohertz (KHz)

29
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Field farthest from the transducer during formation of the sound beam

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Fraunhofer zone

30
Q

Thickness of the secretion in a patient that contributes to echo signals on any one image

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Slice thickness

31
Q

Sound transmitted and received intermittently with one transducer

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Pulse wave (PW) Doppler

32
Q

Ability to compensate for attenuation of the transmittal beam as the sound wave travels through tissue in the body

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Time gain compensation (TGC)

33
Q

Change in frequency of a reflected wave; caused by motion between the reflector and the transducer’s beam

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Doppler shift

34
Q

One transducer continuously transmits sound, and one continuously receives sound; used in high- velocity flow patterns

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Continuous wave (CW) Doppler

35
Q

Normal pattern of vessel flow; flow in the center of the vessel is faster that it is at the edges

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Laminar

36
Q

Rate at which images are updated on the display; dependent on transducer frequency and depth selection

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Frame rate

37
Q

Analysis of the entire frequency spectrum

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Spectral analysis

38
Q

Technical artifact that occurs when the frequency change is so great that it exceeds the sampling view and pulse repetition frequency

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Aliasing

39
Q

In pulse-echo instruments, it is the number of pulses launched per second by the transducer

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Pulse repetition frequency (PRF)

40
Q

Ability of the system to accurately depict motion

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Temporal resolution

41
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Ratio of the largest to smallest signals that an instrument of a component of an instrument can respond to without distortion

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Dynamic range

42
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In pulse Doppler, the Doppler signal must be sampled at least twice for each cycle in the wave if Doppler frequencies are to be detected accurately

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Nyquist sampling limit

43
Q

Strength of ultrasound wave measured in decibels

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Amplitude

44
Q

Measure of strength of the ultrasound signal

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Gain

45
Q

Echo fil-in of the spectral window that is proportional to the severity of stenosis

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Spectral broadening

46
Q

Ultrasound instrumentation that allows the image to be displayed many time per second to achieve a “real time” image of anatomic structures and ther motion pattern

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Real time

47
Q

B-mode scanning technique that permits the brightness of the B-mode dots to be displayed in various shades of gray to represent different echo amplitudes

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Gray scale

48
Q

Amount of change in the returning frequency compared with the transmitting frequency when the sound wave hits a moving target such as blood in an artery

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Frequency shift

49
Q

Sample site from which the signal is obtained with pulsed Doppler

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Gate

50
Q

Angle that the reflector path makes with the ultrasound beam; the most accurate velocity is recorded when the beam is parallel to flow

A

Doppler Angle

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