Chapter 6 Kremkau Flashcards
the part of the instrument that accomplishes electronic beam scanning, apodization, steering, focusing, and aperture with arrays
beam former
the portion of a system operating on Principle 2 that acquires the echo information from the signal processor, performs the retrospective, virtual-beam computations and sends the results to the display
image former
an electronic device that rapidly performs calculations to accelerate the creation of images
Graphics processing unit (GPU)
the beam
physical beam
ultrasound waves are produced in pulses, not continuously, because the same crystals are used to generate and receive sound waves, and they cannot do both at the same time
pulse-echo principle
a line produced on a display that represents ultrasonic echoes returning from the body
scan line
an imaginary reception beam that can be thought of as determining the echo produced at each pixel location in the image
virtual reception beam
an imaginary laser-thin transmitted ultrasound beam that can be thought of as producing the excellent detail resolution throughout the image that is accomplished with retrospective, computed beam forming
virtual transmission beam
The underlying principle upon which conventional (Principle 1) sonography operates is:
the pulse-echo principle
The underlying principle upon which more recent, sophisticated (Principle 2) sonography operates is:
the virtual beam principle
Which is not needed with Principle 2 sonography?
a. transmitted beam
b. multiple-transmit focus
c. reception focus
d. TGC
multiple-transmit focus
Which is not a reason for improvement of detail resolution with Principle 2 sonography?
a. shorter transmit pulses
b. reception focus at each pixel location
c. massive postprocessing with GPUs
d. retrospective beam forming
shorter transmit pulses
Which is not a reason for improvement of temporal resolution with Principle 2 sonography?
a. shorter transmit pulses
b. fewer transmit pulses
c. no multiple focusing
d. speed of GPUs
a
Which is not significantly improved with Principle 2 sonography?
a. axial resolution
b. lateral resolution
c. temporal resolution
d. contrast resolution
a
Physical beam forming applies to ____ sonography
both principle 1 and principle 2
Virtual beam forming applies to:
principle 2
Multiple transmission focus control applies to:
principle 1
Retrospective beam forming applies to:
principle 2
Improving detail resolution sacrifices temporal resolution is true for:
principle 1
Simultaneous gray-scale, Color-doppler, and spectral-Doppler applies to:
principle 2
Principle 1 employs mostly:
focused ultrasound beams
Principle 1 yields higher frame rates than Principle 2.
false
Shear wave elastography operates on Principle 1
false
Principle 2 enables the entire image to be in focus
true
Principle 2 yields improved penetration
true
Principle 2 does not impact Doppler operations
false
Principle 2 produces laser-thin ultrasound beams
false
Multiple transmit focuses degrade temporal resolution with _____.
principle 1
Reception focus principle applies to:
both principle 1 nor principle 2
A doppler shift at 60 degrees is ____ what it would be at 0 degrees
one half
A change in doppler frequency caused by motion of a source or a reflector defines
Doppler effect
A nonsteady flow with acceleration and deceleration over the cardiac cycle is called _____
pulsatile flow
Continuous wave doppler shifts are detected within the _______
Overlapped region of the transmitting and receiving beams
Determining the direction of the doppler shift voltages is accomplished by the _______
Phase quadrature detector
Doppler measurements are not reliable at doppler angles greater than
60
Doppler shift does not depend on the
flow direction
Echoes arrive from the sample volume depth at a rate equal to
the pulse repetition frequency
for a given flow, the greater the doppler angle, the _____ the doppler shift
less
Gases, nutrients, and waste products are exchanged through the walls of
capillaries
if pressure differences in a straight vessel increase, the flow rate
increases
Motion toward the transducer demonstates
a positive Doppler shift
Poise is a unit given for ____
viscosity
Poiseuille’s equation states that, if the flow rate increases the
tube diameter has increased
Resistance to flow offered by a fluid in motion describes
viscosity
Sound reflects totally at the wall-blood boundary once the doppler angle is less than ____ degrees
30
Spectral broadening may be produced by
beam spreading in arrays
The doppler equation relates the doppler shift to the
flow speed and frequency
the amount of blood passing a point per unit of time defines
volumetric flow rate
The angle of incidence is not important with which doppler display>
power
The decreased pressure is regions of high flow speed is called
Bernoulli effect