Key Terms Flashcards
A mode
Mode of operation in which the display presents echo amplitude versus depth
Amplification
The process by which small voltages are increased to larger ones
Amplifier
A device that accomplishes amplification
Analog
Related to a procedure or system in which data are represented by proportional, continuously variable, physical quantities
Analog to Digital Converter
A device that converts voltage amplitude to a number
B mode
Mode of operation in which the display presents a spot of appropriate brightness for each echo received by the transducer
B Scan
A B mode image that represents an anatomic cross section through the scanning plane
Bandpass Filter
An amplifier with an electronic filter
Beam Former
The part of an instrument that accomplishes electronic beam scanning, apodization, steering, focusing, and aperture with arrays
Bistable
Having two possible states
Bit
Binary digit; one or zero
Channel
A single one or two way path for transmitting electric signals, in distinction from other parallel paths
Cine Loop
Sequential display of all the frames stored in memory at a controllable frame rate
Coded Excitation
A sophisticated form of transmission in which the driving voltage pulses have intrapulse variations in amplitude, frequency, and or phase
Compensation
Equalization of received echo amplitude differences caused by different attenuation’s for different reflector depths
Compression
Reduction in differences between small and large amplitudes. Region of high density and pressure in a compressional wave
Contrast Resolution
Ability of a gray scale display to distinguish between echoes of slightly different intensities
Demodulation
detection
Depth gain compensation
Synonym for compensation: Equalization of received echo amplitude differences caused by different attenuation’s for different reflector depths
Detection
conversion of voltage pulses from radio frequency to video form
Digital
Related to a procedure or system in which date are represented by numeric digits
Digital to Analog Converter
A device that converts a number to a proportional voltage amplitude