Ch 19: Doppler Flashcards
Relative motion between the sound source and the receiver creates…
a frequency change.
The frequency of sound changes when the sound source and the receiver move…
closer together or farther apart.
The process of extracting the low Doppler frequency from the transducer’s carrier frequency is called…
demodulation.
When the Doppler shift is positive, blood cells are traveling __ the transducer.
towards
Doppler shifts range from __ and are in the range of audible sound.
20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
reflected frequency - transmitted frequency =
Doppler shift (Hz)
When blood cells move away from the transducer, the Doppler shift is…
negative.
When the Doppler shift is negative, the reflected frequency is __ than the transmitted frequency.
lower
T/F? Speed is magnitude and direction.
FALSE, just magitude
This indicates the distance that a red blood cell moves in one second.
speed
Speed is reported in units of…
distance divided by time (cm/s).
This is defined by magnitude and direction.
velocity
Doppler shift is __ related to the velocity of the RBCs.
directly. The faster the veloctiy, the greated the Doppler frequency.
How many Doppler shifts are there during an ultrasound exam?
two
How do ultrasound systems report blood velocity?
in cm/s, not Hz
The Doppler shift is __ related to the frequency of the transmitted sound.
directly. If the frequency is doubled, the shift will also be doubled.
When the blood cells are moving __ to the sound beam, the entire velocity is measured.
parallel
When an angle exists between the direction of the flow and the sound beam, the measured velocity is…
less than the true velocity.
The percentage of the velocity that is measured depends on the __ between the sound beam and the direction of motion.
cosine of the angle
The Doppler shift is __ related to the consine of the angled between the direction of flow and the sound.
directly. If the cosine is reduced by half, the measured shift will be halved.
What is the relationship between the true velocity and the measured velocity when blood moves parallel to the beam?
They are equal.
What is the relationship between true and measured velocities when blood moves perpendicular to the sound beam/
Trick question! Cannot be measured.
What is the relationship between true and measured velocities when blood moves at a 60 degree angle to the beam?
Measured will be one half the true velocity.
This is a commonly used signal processing technique for bidirectional Doppler.
phase quadrature or quadrature detection
What is the advantage of continuous wave Doppler?
Its ability to accurately measure very high velocities.
What is the primary disadvantage of continuous wave Doppler?
The exact location of the moving blood cells cannot be determined.
The limitation of continuous wave Doppler wherein signals arise from all blood cells in the region of of the beam is called…
range ambiguity.
What is the secondary disadvantage of continuous wave Doppler?
Its lack of time gain compensation.
Doppler shifts produced by continuous wave from deeper blood cells may be incorrectly interpreted as having been created by __ blood cells.
fewer
Dedicated continuous wave transducers are made with how many elements?
two
Simultaneous anatomic imaging and Doppler is called…
duplex imaging.
Dedicated continuous wave transducers do not use backing material which results in the following…
- undampened tranmitted signal
- narrow bandwidth
- high quality factor
- high sensitivity
Dedicated continuous wave transducers have increased…
sensitivity.
T/F? Dedicated continuous wave transducers do not have a matching layer.
FALSE, yes they do.
How many crystals are necessary in pulsed wave Doppler?
one
What is the greatest advantage of pulse Doppler?
Being able to select the exact location where velocities are measured.
This is the ability to select the exact location where velocities are to be measured.
range resolution, range specificity, freedom from range ambiguity artifact
What is the primary disadvantage of pulsed Doppler?
Inaccurate measurement of high velocity signals.
This is when high velocity flow in one direction is incorrectly displayed as traveling in the opposite direction.
aliasing