Key Terms

Question 1

Autocorrelation

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a rapid technique used in most color Doppler instruments, to obtain mean Doppler shift frequency

Question 2

Baseline Shift

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Movement of the zero Doppler shift frequency or zero flow speed line up or down on a spectral display

Question 3

Bernoulli Effect

Answer 3

Pressure reduction in a region of high flow speed

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Bidirectional

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Indicating Doppler instruments capable of distinguishing between positive and negative Doppler shifts

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Clutter

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Noise in the Doppler signal that generally is caused by high amplitude; Doppler shifted echoes from the heart or vessel walls

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Color Doppler Display

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The presentation of 2D, real time Doppler shift information in color superimposed on a real time, gray scale, anatomic, cross sectional image

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Compliance

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nonrigid stretchability of vessels; Distensibility

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Continuous Wave Doppler

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A Doppler device or procedure that uses continuous wave ultrasound

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Cosine

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The cosine of angle A is the length of side B divided by the length of side C

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Disturbed Flow

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Flow that cannot be described by straight, parallel streamlines

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Doppler Angle

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The angle between the sound beam and the flow direction

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Doppler Effect

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A change in frequency caused by reflector motion

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Doppler Equation

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The mathematical description of the relationship between the Doppler shift, frequency, Doppler Angle, propagation speed, and reflector speed

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Doppler Power Display

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Color Doppler display in which colors are assigned according to the strength of the Doppler shifted echoes

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Doppler Shift

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Reflected frequency minus incident frequency; change in frequency caused by motion

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Doppler Spectrum

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The range of frequencies present in Doppler shifted echoes

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Duplex Instrument

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An ultrasound instrument that combines gray scale sonography with pulsed Doppler and possibly continuous wave doppler

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Eddies

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Regions of circular flow patterns present in turbulence

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Ensemble Length

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Number of pulses used to generate one color Doppler image scan line

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Fast Fourier Transform

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Digital computer implementation of the Fourier transform

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Filter

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An electric circuit that passes frequencies within a defined range

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Flow

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To move in a stream; volume flow rate

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Fluid

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A material that flows and conforms to the shape of its container; gas or liquid

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Frequency Spectrum

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The range of Doppler shift frequencies present in the returning echoes

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Gate

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A device that allows only echoes from a selected depth to pass

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Hue

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The color perceived based on the frequency of light

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Inertia

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Resistance to acceleration

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Laminar Flow

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Flow in which fluid layers slide over each other in a smooth, orderly manner, with no mixing between layers

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Luminance

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Brightness of a presented hue and saturation

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Parabolic Flow

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Laminar flow with a profile in the shape of a parabola

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Phase Quadrature

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Two signals differing by one fourth of a cycle

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Plug Flow

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Flow with all fluid portions traveling with the same flow speed and direction

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Poise

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Unit of viscosity

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Poiseuille Equation

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The mathematical description of the dependence of volume flow rate on pressure, vessel length and radius, and fluid visocity

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Priority

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The gray scale echo strength below which color Doppler information is shown preferentially on a display

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Pulsatile Flow

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Flow that accelerates and decelerates with each cardiac cycle

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Pulsed Doppler

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A Doppler device or procedure that uses pulsed wave ultrasound

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Range Gating

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Selection of the depth from which echoes are accepted based on echo arrival time

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Resistance

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Pressure difference divided by volume flow rate for steady flow

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Sample Volume

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The anatomic region from which pulsed Doppler echoes are accepted

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Saturation

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The amount of hue present present in a mix with white

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Spectral Analysis

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Separation of frequencies in a Doppler signal for display as a Doppler spectrum

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Spectral Broadening

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The widening of the Doppler shift spectrum

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Spectral Doppler Display

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The presentation of Doppler information in a quantitative form of Doppler shift versus time (Visual display of a Doppler spectrum)

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Spectrum Analyzer

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A device that derives a frequency spectrum from a complex signal

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Stenosis

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Narrowing of a vessel lumen

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Streamlines

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A line representing the path of motion of a particle of fluid

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Turbulence

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Random, chaotic, multi-directional flow of a fluid with mixing between layers; flow that is not laminar

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Variance

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Square of standard deviation; a measure of spectral broadening

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Viscosity

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Resistance of a fluid to flow

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Volumetric Flow Rate

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Volume of fluid passing a point per unit of time

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Wall Filter

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An electric filter that passes frequencies above a set level and eliminates strong, low frequency Doppler shifts from pulsating heart or vessel walls or tissue motion

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Window

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An anechoic region appearing beneath echo frequencies presented on a Doppler spectral display