Ch. 21 Artifacts Flashcards

1
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5 types of artifacts

A

-not real
-seen on the image
-incorrect shape or size
-incorrect position
-incorrect brightness

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Causes of Artifacts

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-violation of assumptions
-equipment malfunction or poor design
-the physics of ultrasound
-operator error

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Image Characteristics

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-hyperechoic
-hypoechoic
-anechoic
-isoechoic
-homogeneous
-heterogeneous

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Hyperechoic

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portions of an image that are brighter then surrounding tissues

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Hypoechoic

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portions of an image that are not as bright as surrounding tissues, tissues that are less bright than normal

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Anechoic

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entirely without echo or sonolucent

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Isoechoic

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structures with equal echo brightness

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Homogeneous

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portion of tissue or an image that has similar echo characteristics throughtout

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Heterogeneous

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portion of tissue or an image that has differing echo characteristics throughtout

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10
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Six assumptions of imaging systems

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  1. sound travels in a straight line
  2. sound travels directly to a reflector and back
  3. sound travels in soft tissue at exactly 1,540 m/s
  4. reflections arise only from structures positioned in the beam’s main axis
  5. the imaging plane is very thin
  6. the strength of a reflection is related to the characteristics of the tissue creating the reflection
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11
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Artifacts appear when

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these six assumptions are not true

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12
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When corrective measures are taken, artifacts often

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vanish

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13
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Reverberation

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appears as multiple, equally spaced echoes caused by the bouncing of the sound wave between two strong reflectors positioned parallel to the ultrasound beam

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14
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Which assumptions does reverberation break?

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Assumption #2, sound travels directly to a reflector and back

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Characteristics of reverberation

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-appear in multiples
-appear equally spaced
-are located parallel to the sound beam’s main axis
-are located at ever-increasing depths

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16
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Reverberation artifacts places too many

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reflections on the image

17
Q

Reverberations resemble what?

A

a ladder or Venetian blind

18
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With reverberations the first two reflections are real the rest are artifacts.

19
Q

Reverberation is diagnostic.

20
Q

Comet Tail also know as

A

ring down artifact

21
Q

Comet tail

A

is reverberation with the spaces squeezed out appears as a solid hyper echoic line directed downward

22
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Comet tail artifact is created when

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Closely spaced reverberations merge

23
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When are comet tail’s most likely to appear?

A

When the reflecting surfaces are located in a medium with a very high propagation speed, such as a mechanical heart valve.
-(when a sound wave bounces back and forth between two very closely spaced objects)

24
Q

Comet tail breaks which assumption?

A

Assumption #2, sound travels directly to a reflector and back

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Characteristics of comet tail
-appears as a single long hyperechoic echo -is located parallel to the sound beam's main axis
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Shadow
appears as a hypoechoic or anechoic region extending downward from a highly attenuating structure.
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shadows are the same color as
the images background
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When does shadowing occur?
shadows appear when the attenuation is higher in the tissue above the shadow than in the surrounding tissue
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shadowing prevents
the display of true anatomic structures
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Shadow breaks which assumption?
Assumption 6, the strength of a reflection is related to the characteristics of tissue creating the reflection.