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_______ ________ is the actual time from the start of a pulse to the end of that pulse.

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Pulse Duration

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_____ _______ is a single transmit, talking, or “on” time.

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Pulse Duration

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Pulse duration is reported in units of ______.

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time ex: microseconds

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The typical value of pulse duration in diagnostic ultrasound is _____ to _____ us.

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0.3 to 2.0 us.

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Pulse Duration is determined by the ______ only.

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Sound

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Pulse duration = __________ X ____________.

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cycles x period

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Pulse duration = ___________ /___________.

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cycles / frequency.

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Do you want a long pulse or short pulse in ultrasound imaging?

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shorter duration pulses because they create images of greater accuracy.

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_______ _______ _______ is the distance that a pulse occupies in space from the start to the end of a pulse.

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Spatial Pulse Length

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What units are used for spatial pulse length?

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mm

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In clinical imaging, spatial pulse length in soft tissue ranges from _____ to _____.

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0.1 to 1.0 mm

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What is spatial pulse length determined by?

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The source and the medium.

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Equation for spatial pulse length (mm)=

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cycles X wavelength (mm)

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Pulse duration is ___________ to the number of cycles in the pulse.

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directly proportional

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Pulse duration is _____________ to period.

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Directly proportional

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Pulse duration is ___________ to frequency.

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Inversely proportional

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Pulse Duration

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_______ ________ is the actual time from the start of a pulse to the end of that pulse.

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Pulse Duration

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_____ _______ is a single transmit, talking, or “on” time.

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time ex: microseconds

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Pulse duration is reported in units of ______.

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0.3 to 2.0 us.

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The typical value of pulse duration in diagnostic ultrasound is _____ to _____ us.

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Sound

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Pulse Duration is determined by the ______ only.

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cycles x period

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Pulse duration = __________ X ____________.

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cycles / frequency.

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Pulse duration = ___________ /___________.

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shorter duration pulses because they create images of greater accuracy.

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Do you want a long pulse or short pulse in ultrasound imaging?

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Spatial Pulse Length

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_______ _______ _______ is the distance that a pulse occupies in space from the start to the end of a pulse.

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mm

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What units are used for spatial pulse length?

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0.1 to 1.0 mm

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In clinical imaging, spatial pulse length in soft tissue ranges from _____ to _____.

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What is the spatial pulse length determined by?

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the source and the medium

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cycles X wavelength (mm)

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Equation for spatial pulse length (mm)=

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directly proportional

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Pulse duration is ___________ to the number of cycles in the pulse.

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Directly proportional

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Pulse duration is _____________ to period.

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Inversely proportional

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Pulse duration is ___________ to frequency.

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Spatial pulse length is __________ to the number of cycles in the pulse.

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Directly proportional

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Spatial pulse length is ____________ wavelength.

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Directly proportional

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Spatial pulse length is _________ to frequency.

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Inversely proportional

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____ ________ _______ is the time from the start of one pulse to the start of the next pulse

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Pulse repetition period

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Pulse repetition period is reported in units of what?

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time, such as ms.

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PRP is determined by the _______ source.

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Sound

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PRP is determined by the ___________ that the sonographer selects.

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imaging depth.

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PRP is unrelated to _______.

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Period

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PRP and imaging depth are __________.

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Directly related.

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What are the two components of PRP.

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The transmit time or on time, the recieve time or off time.

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_______ _______ _______ is the number of pulses that an ultrasound system transmits into the body each second.

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Pulse repititon frequency

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Pulse repetition freuqency is reported in the units of ____.

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Hz

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Pulse repetition frequency is determined by the ________.

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Sound source

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Shallow, PRF is _____.

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higher

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Deep, PRF is _____.

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Lower

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How are pulse repetiton frequency and depth of view related?

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inversely related

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PRP and PRF are

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inversely related

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______ ________ is the percentage or fraction time that the system transmits a pulse.

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Duty factor

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In clinical imaging, duty factor ranges from _____ to _____.

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0.002 to 0.005

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The duty factor is usually in the range of _____, indicating that the ultrasound system spends a very small percentage of time transmitting, and a very large percentage of time (99.8) recieving.

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0.2%

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The duty factor is _______ for CW, because the system is always transmitting.

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100%

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Duty factor is determined by the ______ only.

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Sound source

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Duty factor =

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pulse duration/prp X 100%

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Shallow imaging =

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less listening, shorter prp, higher prf, higher duty factor

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Deep imaging =

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more listening, longer prp, lower prf, lower duty factor