Chapter 5 Flashcards
Autocorrelation
A rapid technique used in most color doppler instruments
Baseline Shift
Movement of the zero doppler shift frequency or or zero flow speed line up or down the spectral display
Bernouille Effect
Pressure reduction in a region of high low speed
Bidirectional
Indicating doppler instruments capable of distinguishing between positive and negative doppler shifts
Clutter
Noise in the doppler signal that generally is caused by amplitude
Color Doppler Display
The presentation of 2d real time doppler shift info on color superimposed on a gray scale image
Compliance
Distensibility
Continuous Wave Doppler
A doppler device or procedure that uses continuous wave ultrasound
Cosine
The cosine of angle A in figure c is the length of side b divided by the length of side c
Disturbed Flow
Flow that cannot be described by straight parallel streamlines
Doppler Angle
The angle between the sound beam and the flow direction
Doppler Effect
A change in frequency caused by reflector motion
Doppler Equation
Mathematical description of the relationship between doppler shift frequency doppler angle prop speed and reflector speed
Doppler-Power display
Color doppler display in which colors are assigned according to the strength
Doppler Shift
Reflected freq minus incident freq; the change in frequency caused by motion
Doppler Spectrum
The range of frequencies present in doppler shifted echoes
Duplex Instrument
An ultrasound instrument that combines gray scale imaging sonography with pulsed doppler
Eddies
Regions of circular flow patterns present in turbulence
Ensemble Length
Number of pulses used to generate one color doppler image scan line
Fast Fourier Transform
Digital computer implementation of the Fourier transform
Filter
An electric circuit that passes frequencies within a defined range