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CW Doppler

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DF=1,100%. CW can measure very high velocities but there is depth(range) ambiguity. Probe doesn’t know what depth the sound is coming from. NO ALIASING.Converts Doppler shift to audible sound. Detects any flow in the path of the beam.

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Non-directional Doppler

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Is like the handheld Doppler in the OBs office. Only detects the presence of flow, not the direction

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Bi-directional Doppler

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Can detect which direction the flow is flowing. Can distinguish between a positive and negative Doppler shift

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Phase quadrature detector

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The component used for bi-directional Doppler. Determines direction of flow (forward or reverse)

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CW Doppler advantages

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Increase sensitivity simple & inexpensive devices can be small no aliasing

Disadvantage - no range resolution

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PW disadvantages

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Depth and frequency limit lower sensitivity complex and expensive equipment

Advantage-range resolution which outweighs all the disadvantages

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Increasing the PRF of a pulsed Doppler system will?

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Decrease the potential for aliasing

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The doppler shift signal heard on the loud speaker of a CW or pulsed doppler unit is the

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Difference between the transmitted and received frequencies

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A negative Doppler shift means

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Relative flow away from the transducer

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spectral analysis

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Allows us to identify the individual components that make up the returned signal. Done by Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)- slow &accurate. FFT breaks down the complex signal (many frequencies) into individual frequencies (velocities)

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Parts of the spectrum

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1 Time- the phase of the cardiac cycle the spectrum appears in (systole diastole) 2. Duration- how long does the event occur 3. Direction- is blood flowing toward or away from probe 4. Amplitude- how many RBCs are there? 5. Broadening- range or frequencies present (window & envelope)

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Spectral Broadening

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Presence of many different velocities cause a thickened envelope. Turbulent flow.
Laminar flow will have a thin clean envelope

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Peak systolic velocity

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Highest velocity during systole

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End diastolic velocity

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Usually measured just before beginning of next systole. Not always the lowest velocity

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Pulsatility Index (PI)

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PSV-EDV\ mean velocity. PI=A-B/Mean

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Resistive Index (RI)

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PSV-EDV/PSV. RI=A-B/A

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Increasing the operating frequency increases the frequency shift

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Therefore increasing the operating frequency DOES NOT CHANGE the calculated velocity

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Doppler controls

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Higher frequency more sensitive to flow but with less penetration. The higher the frequency the higher intensity of the scatter. Also the higher the frequency the higher the likelihood of aliasing

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Sample Volume (SV)

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Important to be in the center of the vessel. Too wide and you risk spectral broadening. Too small and you risk missing the fastest component of the flow. Use large SV when “searching” for flow.

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Angle Correction

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The STEER of the Doppler cursor and the ANGLE CORRECTION we apply (not. Cardiac) to accurately measure velocities. With linear probes you can steer the Doppler cursor left or right. We change the steer of the cursor to avoid being perpendicular to flow.

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Doppler controls 2

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Must be <60 or less! Cardiac always at 0 & general & vascular typically between 30 & 60. We convert the frequency shift info to velocity info using Doppler equation. We need to flow angle in order to accurately calc the velocities. WE MEASURE THE FREQUENCY SHIFT BUT CALC VELOCITIES.

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T or F

The lower the angle, the more accurate the velocity estimation?

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True

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Scale/PRF (same thing)

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This is the sampling time/rate. High speed flow requires a high sampling rate for accurate measurement. Slow flow requires lower sampling rates. The deeper the sample volume the slower the flow we can accurately sample.

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Flow sensitivity

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Use low scale/PRF for slow flow. Lower PRF= higher sensitivity. Use higher PRF settings for fast flow. Increase PRF in presence of aliasing. Aliasing means that your sampling rate is too slow for the flow speed. Flow really fast = increase PRF. Having trouble finding flow=decrease PRF

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When to increase & decrease PRF/scale typically

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Increase to make waveform smaller. Decrease to make waveform larger.
Typically- higher PRFs for arteries or high flow veins. Lower PRFs for veins or slow-flow arteries

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Sweep Speed

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How man waveforms will be displayed on the screen at one time. Stretch out waveform for more accurate measurements. Used for renal arteries also if you want to see if fetus has heart arthermia.

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Wall Filter

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Used to eliminate low frequency signals in the spectral signal that appear from wall or valve motion. Cardia uses high WF. General uses low WF. Less noise from wall motion. Also called wall-thump or high pass filter. It’s the black line under the waveform.

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Baseline

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Controls where the bottom of the waveform will be displayed. The baseline can be lowered in the presence of aliasing. Doppler shift must be less than 1/2PRF

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Spectral Gain

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Overall brightness of the dots. Avoid over or under measurements of spectral waveform velocities

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Invert

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Inverting the spectral scale to show forward flow always above the baseline

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Spectral analysis measures ____ over ____

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Velocity; time

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Diastolic info is missing along the region of a PW spectral baseline. What control is used to correct for this?

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Decrease wall filter

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The waveform appears very small compared to the spectral window. What would you do to make this more optimal?

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Decrease the scale

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What is the max Doppler angle correction that should be used?

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60 degrees

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Color Doppler

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Color represents the direction of the flow. The shade signifies lower and higher velocities. The color represents the mean if the velocities in the waveform. Not the max as in spectral Doppler. CDI is a PW device & is bound by the same limitations. Size and angle of the gate controlled by operator- same as spectral

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Ensemble length or “packet size”

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How many pluses per scan line. May be as low as 3 pulses per scan line but typically 10-20. Color Doppler with large gates causes a significant decrease in frame rate.
INCREASE ensemble length INCREASE flow sensitivity DECREASE frame rate

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Aliasing with Color Doppler

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Color Doppler aliases when Doppler shift exceeds 1/2PRF(same as spectral) results in incorrect flow direction on color Doppler image. Can increase flow speed range ;decrease baseline decrease frequency to reduce aliasing.

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Velocity Mode

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Averages out the measured velocities for each gate. Colors appear up and down on the color map.

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Variance mode

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Average velocities calculated but the colors are displayed side to side. Used in cardiac imaging for turbulence.

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Hue
Saturation
Brightness

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Hue is the perceived color. Red blue green etc
Saturation is the shade of an original color.
Brightness (luminance intensity) from dull –> brilliant

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Color gain

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Too low the vessel isn’t filled in. If its too high the vessel “bleeds” out color.

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Color persistence

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Also called “smoothing” or temporal compounding. Same as 2d persistence. Averages frames of color info over time. Trade off-decrease in temporal resolution.

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Color priority

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Low priority means that grayscale will be displayed preferentially over color information. High priority means color will be displayed even if there is grayscale info. Helps reduce tissue/color overlapping.

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Power Doppler

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Aka:color Doppler energy (CDE), power angio,amplitude Doppler. Uses the amplitude/intensity of the signal to produce color flow imaging.evaluates the strength of the shift but not the velocity. Relatively independent of angle. Very sensitive. The density or construction of RBCs determines the amplitude.

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Directional Power Doppler

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Overlays PDI info with CDI info to display direction of flow

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Tissue Doppler Imaging

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Blood flow is low amplitude, high velocity signal. Wall motion is high amplitude low velocity signal. TDI uses a low pass filter to filter out the low amplitude RBC signals. Still limited by 90degrees. Can be performed in PW spectral and color Doppler modes

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Doppler Cheat Sheet

Fast Fourier Transform vs. autocorrelation

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FFT: CW & PW Doppler ; spectral waveform

Autocorrelation: color Doppler

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Mirror image

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Occurs with spectral & color Doppler. Can be caused by too- high Doppler gain or angle is too close to 90.

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Clutter

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Tissue motion also causes a Doppler shift not just from the RBCs. This appears on screen as color not related to blood flow. Eliminated by wall filters.

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Reverberation

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Not specific to Doppler . Can mimic vessel dissection/tear.

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Twinkle

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Commonly caused by calcifications/stones. Can be reduced by decreasing the color priority. To see twinkling use high color priority and low grayscale gain.

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Spectral Doppler artifacts

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Depth ambiguity high PRF setting to eliminate aliasing. PRF too high to allow for proper timing of returning echoes. Multiple range gates denote possible depth ambiguity

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Color Bruit

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A stenosis, AV fistula or pseudo aneurysm can cause a thrill or tissue vibration. Usually when something is abnormal.. Look further

54
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Increasing the packet size has what effect?

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Decreases temporal resolution

55
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Color pixels appear to be outside of the vessel. What needs to be adjusted?

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Decrease color gain

56
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Which of the following is the processing method for color Doppler?

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Autocorrelation

57
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What does power Doppler rely on?

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Number of red blood cells RBCs

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