Ch 19 Flashcards
Doppler Shift or Doppler frequency
The change in frequency
Used to measure velocity of blood in the circulation
a low frequency that rides on top of a much higher transducer frequency
range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz and are in the audible range
When does the frequency of sound change?
when the sound source and the receiver move closer together or father apart
When doesn’t the frequency change?
the distance between the sound source and receiver remain constant
Demodulation
the process of extracting the low Doppler frequency from the transducer’s carrier frequency
Creation of a frequency shift
transmitted sounds waves strike moving red blood cells
Positive Doppler Shift
Moves toward transducer
Doppler Shift is positive
Reflected frequency is higher than the transmitted frequency
Negative Doppler Shift
Blood cells move away from the transducer
Doppler Shift is negative
Reflected frequency is lower than the transmitted frequency
Speed vs Velocity
Doppler Frequency indicates which
Velocity not speed
Speed vs Velocity
Speed
magnitude
indicates the distance that a red blood cells moves in 1 sec
cm/s
Speed vs Velocity
Velocity
magnitude and direction
Doppler shift equation
2 x velocity of blood x transducer frequency x cos / propagation speed
Doppler Shift relations to velocity of blood
directly related
First shift during Doppler Shift exam
occurs when the sound waves from the transducer strikes moving blood cells
Second shift during Doppler Shift exam
after the sound waves strikes blood cells, reflections return to the transducer
results from transducer reception of sound waves from moving blood cells
Doppler Shift relation with frequency of the transmitted sound
directly related
Doppler Shift units
Hz
Measurement of the Doppler frequency depends on
the relationship between the direction of the blood flow and the direction in which the sound waves propagate
Doppler Shifts represents
100% of the true velocity when blood flow is parallel to sound beam
could be moving directly to or away from transducer
Doppler shifts when there is an angle
Doppler measures something less than the true velocity
Cosine
Percentage of the true velocity that is measured depends on the cosine of the angle between the sound beam and the direction of motion
Measured velocity =
true velocity x cosine
Doppler Shift relation with the cosine of the angle between the direction of flow and the direction of sound
directly related