Intensities

Question 1

Why are measurement of intensity so important?

Answer 1

study of bioeffects

Question 1

Intensities are reported with respect to __________ and ______.

Answer 1

time and space

Question 2

What are abbreviations for Spatial Peak Temporal Peak.

Answer 2

SPTP

Question 3

What is the abbreviation for spatial average temporal peak?

Answer 3

SATP

Question 4

What are the abbreviations for spatial peak temporal average?

Answer 4

SPTA

Question 5

What are the abbreviations for spatial average temporal average?

Answer 5

SATA

Question 6

What are the abbreviations for spatial peak pulse average?

Answer 6

SPPA

Question 7

What are the abbreviations for spatial average pulse average?

Answer 7

SAPA

Question 8

What intensity is most relevant with respect to tissue heating?

Answer 8

SPTA
(spatial peak Temporal average)

Question 9

What are the units of intensities?

Answer 9

W/cm²

Question 10

What intensity has the highest value?

Answer 10

SPTP

(spatial peak temporal peak)

Question 11

What intensity has the lowest value?

Answer 11

SATA

Question 12

What is another term for beam uniformity coefficient?

Answer 12

SP/SA coefficient

Question 13

What term describes the spread of the relationship of a beam’s intensities with time?

Answer 13

Beam uniformity coefficient

Question 14

What are the units for SP/SA factor?

Answer 14

unitless with a value greater than 1.

Question 15

What describes the relationship of a beam’s intensities with time?

Answer 15

Duty Factor

Question 16

Rank the intensities from smallest to largest.

Answer 16

SATA –SPTA –SPPA – SPTP