final pt 2 Flashcards
Empirical approach
searches for a relationship between exposure and response
Contrast: shrinking and swelling
bubbles shrink when exposed to compression and they expand when exposed to rarefaction
What is the primary investigative technique of epidemiology?
reviewing data from patients
What is the intensity most related to tissue heating?
thermal mechanism (TI)
Bioeffects study in nonliving things:
In vitro
What type of transducers cause the least amount of temp elevation in tissues?
(gray scale imaging)
The possibility of patient or technologist shock:
cracked transducer housing and frayed wires
When is it safe to perform an US?
when the benefits outweigh the risks
Electronic component used for gray scale imaging:
scan converters
Know all the preprocessing functions:
TGC
log compression(dB)
write magnification
persistence
spatial compounding
edge enhancement
fill-in interpolation
Know all the processing functions:
any change after freeze frame
black/white inversion
read magnification
contrast variation
3-D rendering
What function steers the scan lines in different directions?
sloped pattern in phased array transducer
(spatial compounding?)
Advantages of PACS systems:
instant access to archived studies
no degradation of data
ability to electronically transmit images and reports to remote sites
Signal from the transducer to the receiver:
pulser-determines amp
beam former-firing patterns
Know the requirements for contrast agents:
safe
metabolically inert(metabolized throughout system, then removed)
long lasting
strong reflector of US
small enough to pass through capillaries
Harmonics vs fundamental frequencies
fundamental-initial freq of probe
harmonics-double the fundamental freq
Acceleration and deceleration of velocities from cardiac contraction:
pulsatile
Acceleration and deceleration of velocities from respiration:
phasic
Flow pattern with normal physiological states:
laminar
Reynolds number for turbulent flow:
> 2,000
What are the effects of a stenosis?
change in flow direction
increased velocity as vessel narrows
turbulence downstream from the stenosis
pressure gradient across the stenosis
loss of pulsatility
Know hydrostatic pressure at all locations:
Supine- all numbers are 0
ankle- 100mmHg
knee- 75mmHg
waist- 50mmHg
mid chest- 0mmHg
top of head- -30mmHg
What is it referred to when the vessel collapses (venous)?
coaptation
Venous flow in the leg decreases, what is the patient doing?
inspiration
What is the Doppler shift when source and receiver are moving apart?
negative Doppler shift
What is the typical range of Doppler shift?
20Hz to 20,000Hz (range of audible sound)
Phenomenon with high velocities appear negative:
aliasing
Five ways to eliminate aliasing:
adjust the scale to its maximum (increase Nyquist limit)
select a new ultrasonic view with a shallower sample volume (increases Nyquist limit)
select a lower freq transducer (decreases Doppler shift)
use baseline shift (aliasing remains but display is more appealing)
use continuous wave Doppler (never aliases, but range ambiguity)
Horizontal access of the Doppler spectrum:
time
What is Doppler shift inversely related to?
propagation speed