chapter 24 Q&A Flashcards
a bioeffects report claims that obstetrical scaning may be harmful to a particular group of patients.
What should be the response of the medical community?
balance the benefit and risks and proceed when the benefit outweighs the risk
the study of the characteristics, attribues and quantities of a substance that induces bioeffects is called
dosimetry
there are no bioeffects associated with ultrasound
true/false
false
there are no bioeffects associated with ultrasound having characterisitics typical of those in diagnostic medicine
true/false
false
there are no harmful bioeffects associated with ultrasound having charcterisitcs typical with those in diagnostic medicine
true/false
true
cavitation describes the interaction between sound waves and small gas bubbles that exist in tissue
true/false
true
there are two forms of cavitation: normal and inertial
true/false
false
normal and inertial are the same
stable and normal are different
normal, transient or inertial cavitation deescribes the bursting of microbubbles
true/false
true
whcih of the following is NOT associated with the mechanistic approach
A. identifying cause-effect relationship
B, proposing a specific means that could produce a bioeffect
C. studying charts of patients who have been exposed to ultrasound
D. analyzing the mechanism using theoretical methods
E. reaching valid scientific conclusions
C. evaluating patient charts is an element of the empirical study of bioeffects
veterans of miolitary operation suspect that they have been exp[osed to chemical warfare agents. The VA hospital surveyed these soldiers to identify the persence of symptoms and the prevalence.
What form of medical investigation is this
empirical approach
investigated using an “exposure-response” method
name the two important mechanisms likely to induce bioeffects
thermal and nonthermal (mechanical)
which statement allows us to conclude that diagnostic ultraound does not injure tissues from temperature elevation
A. death resulting from an ultrasound exam had never been reported
B. mechanistic data indicate that diagnostic ultrasound is safe
C. conclusions from empirical data and mechanistic data are consistent; that is, diagnostic ultraosund is unlikely to cause thermally induced bioeffects
D. patients to not complain of burning during ultrasound exams
C. scientific conclusions are strongly justified when empirical and mechanistic investigations reach the same conclusions that are consistent
which modality is associated with the lowest tissue temperature elevation
A. pulsed doppler
B. color flow doppler
C. gray scale imaging
C. gray scale imaging
which ultrasound modality is associated with the highest tissue temperature elevation
A. pulsed doppler
B. color flow doppler
C. gray scale imaging
A. poulsed doppler
stable cavitation describes the rhythmic swelling and shrinking of gaseou nuclei
true/false
true
bubbles do not burst with stable cavitation