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Kremkau Ch. 3 OA > Key terms > Flashcards

Key terms Flashcards

1
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Aperture

A

Size of a transducer element or group of elements

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Apodization

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Nonuniform driving of elements in an array to reduce grating lobes

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Array

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A transducer assembly containing several piezoelectric elements

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Axial

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In the direction of the transducer axis

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Axial Resolution

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The minimum reflector separation along the sound path that is required to produce separate echoes

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Beam

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Region containing continuous wave sound; through which sound pulse propagates

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Composite

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Combination of a piezoelectric ceramic and a nonpiezoelectric polymer

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Convex Array

A

Curved linear array

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Crystal

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Element

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Curie Point

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Temperature at which an element material loses its piezoelectric properties

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Damping

A

Material attached to the rear face of a transducer element to reduce pulse duration

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Detail Resolution

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Ability to image fine detail and to distinguish closely spaced reflectors

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Disk

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A thin, flat, circular object

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14
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Dynamic Aperature

A

Aperture that increases with increasing focal length

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Dynamic Focusing

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Continuously variable reception focusing that follows the increasing depth of the transmitted pulse as it travels

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Element

A

The piezoelectric component of a transducer assembly

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Elevational Resolution

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The detail resolution in the direction perpendicular to the scan plane

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Far Zone

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The region of a sound beam in which the beam diameter increases as the distance from the transducer increases

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Focal Length

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Distance from a focused transducer to the center of a focal region or to the location of the spatial peak intensity

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Focal Region

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Region of minimum beam diameter and area

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21
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Focal zone

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Length of the focal region

22
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Focus

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The concentration of the sound beam into a smaller beam area than would exist otherwise

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Grating Lobes

A

Additional weaker beams of sound traveling out in directions different from the primary beam as a result of the multi-element structure of transducer array

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Lateral

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Perpendicular to the direction of sound travel

25
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Lateral Resolution

A

Minimum reflector separation perpendicular to the sound path that is required to produce separate echoes

26
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Lead Zirconate Titanate

A

A ceramic piezoelectric material

27
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Lens

A

A curved material that focuses a sound or light beam

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Linear

A

Adjectival form of line

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Linear Array

A

Array made of rectangular elements arranged in a straight line

30
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Linear Phased Array

A

Linear array operated by applying voltage pulses to all elements, but with small time differences to direct ultrasound pulses out in various directions

31
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Linear Sequenced Array

A

Linear array operated by applying voltage pulses to groups of elements sequentially

32
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Matching Layer

A

Material attached to the front face of a transducer element to reduce the reflections at the transducer surface

33
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Natural Focus

A

The narrowing of a sound beam that occurs with an unfocused flat transducer element

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Near Zone

A

The region of a sound beam in which the beam diameter decreases as the distance from the transducer increases (near field)

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Operating Frequency

A

Preferred frequency of operation of a transducer

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Phased Array

A

An array that steers and focuses the beam electronically

37
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Phased Linear Array

A

Linear sequenced array with phased focusing added (phased steering)

38
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Piezoelectricity

A

Conversion of pressure to electric voltage

39
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Probe

A

Transducer assembly

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Resolution

A

The ability to distinguish echoes in terms of space, time, or strength

41
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Resonance Frequency

A

Operating Frequency

42
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Scanhead

A

Transducer assembly

43
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Sector

A

A geometric figure bounded by two radii and the arc of the circle included between them

44
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Sensitivity

A

Ability of an imaging system to detect weak echoes

45
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Side Lobes

A

Weaker beams of sound traveling out from a single element in directions different from those of the primary beam

46
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Sound Beam

A

The region of a medium that contains virtually all of the sound produced by a transducer

47
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Source

A

An emitter of ultrasound

48
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Transducer

A

A device that converts energy from one form to another

49
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Transducer Assembly

A

Transducer element with damping and matching materials assembled in a case

50
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Ultrasound Transducer

A

A device that converts electric energy to ultrasound energy, and vise versa

51
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Vector Array

A

Linear sequenced array that emits pulses from different starting points and in different directions

Kremkau Ch. 3 OA (1 decks)

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