Chapter 1/ First Class

Question 1

Medical Sonography

Answer 1

> 20,000 Hz

Question 2

Echogenic

Answer 2

Tissue capable of producing an ECHO (light area)

Question 3

Anechoic

Answer 3

ECHO-Free area (Black area)

Question 4

Hyperechoic

Answer 4

Brighter than surrounding tissue

Question 5

Hypoechoic

Answer 5

Darker than surrounding tissue

Question 6

Isoechoic

Answer 6

Structures that are equal echodensity

Question 7

Homogenous

Answer 7

Smooth ECHO texture

Question 8

Heterogenous

Answer 8

Complex ECHO texture (speckles)

Question 9

Cystic

Answer 9

Anechoic center. Well defined liquid wall. Black

Question 10

Complex

Answer 10

Both Anechoic and Echogenic areas (Not defined and black)

Question 11

Artifact

Answer 11

Anything that shows and image that is not accurate.

Question 12

Doppler Ultrasound

Answer 12

Used to evaluate blood flow

Question 13

Color Doppler

Answer 13

Color Coded presentation of information on gray scale images

Question 14

Spectral Doppler

Answer 14

Doppler information is applied to loud speakers to display quantitative analysis

Question 15

Vascular Structures

Answer 15

Veins, Arteries

Question 16

Fat

Answer 16

Hypoechoic with irregular hyperechoic lines

Question 17

Muscles

Answer 17

Heterogenous (mixture of hyperechoic lines and hypoechoic tissue)

Question 18

Tendons

Answer 18

Predominantly hyperechoic technical artifact (Hypoechoic

Question 19

Bone

Answer 19

Hyperechoic lines with hypoechoic shadows

Question 20

Nerves

Answer 20

Both hyper and hypoechoic technical artifact

Question 21

Parenchyma (Tissue)

Answer 21

Homogenoeous

Question 22

Gain

Answer 22

Brightness

Question 23

Depth

Answer 23

Distance

Question 24

Sagittal/Longitudinal

Answer 24

Long stance on transducer (indicator at patients head)

Question 25

Transverse/Axial

Answer 25

Wide stance on transducer (indicator at patients right side)

Question 26

Transducer/Probe

Answer 26

The device that sends out sound waves to create images of the body

Question 27

ECHO

Answer 27

A ultrasound that produces a picture of the heart and blood vessels

Question 28

TGC

Answer 28

Time gain compensation. A setting to account for tissue attenuation

Question 29

Pulsed Doppler

Answer 29

Using sound waves to measure blood flow

Question 30

Color Gain/Doppler

Answer 30

Amplification adjustment of the doppler signals received

Question 31

Focus

Answer 31

Clarity adjustment at a specific depth in an image

Question 32

Zoom

Answer 32

Setting that allows the image to be magnified

Question 33

Dual (Split Screen)

Answer 33

Allows the user to view multiple images of the ultrasound simultaneously

Question 34

Resolution

Answer 34

The ability of an ultrasound to distinguish different structures

Question 35

Cine Loop

Answer 35

A series of ultrasound images captured in sequence

Question 36

Acoustic Window

Answer 36

The area of the body that allows an ultrasound to pass easily