Intro to UTZ Flashcards
Speed of sound
1540 m/s
Speed of sound
154,000 cm/s
Speed of sound
1.54 mm/us
High compressible medium
Low speed of sound
Less compressible mediumq
High speed of sound
Less dense medium
High speed of sound
More dense medium
Low speed of sound
Average speed: Soft tissue
1540 m/s
Ave. speed: fatty tissue
1450 m/s
ave. speed: air
300 m/s
Term that describes the sound waves of frequencies exceeding the range of human hearing and their propagation in a medium
Ultrasound
Purpose: UTZ
used to scan body tissues
Purpose: UTZ
Acquisition and display of the acoustic properties of tissues
UTZ: frequency range
20, 000 Hz (20kHz)
SONAR (Sound Navigation and ranging)
1918
Water bath immersion technique
Early 50’s
First contact compound B-scanner
Late 50’s
Grayscale imaging
1970
Real time imaging
Mid 70’s
Doppler technique
1980
number of times waves oscillates thru one cycle each seconds
Frequency (f)
Frequency expressed as ____
cycles / seconds
Frequency measured in ____
Hz (Hertz)
15-20, 000 Hz
Audible sound
2-10 kHz
Medical UTZ
50 MHz
Specialized UTZ
less than 15 MHz
infrasound
The time taken for one complete cycle to occur
Period (T)