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What is the best way to optimize an ultrasound machine?

A

Read the user manual

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What are presets for?

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To optimize an image for the assumed scanning conditions

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What do presets help avoid?

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Bio effects

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When using presets it is important to?

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  1. Use the correct one for the type of exam

2. Make adjustments beyond the preset

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What is important to know about transducer selection?

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  1. The probe must be plugged in to select it

2. Never unplug an active plug (damage)

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What is multihertz?

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Numerical gauge on frequency selection.

(On phillips machines = res/gen/pen

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What is harmonics?

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When it is activated the machine sends out a frequency but receives double that frequency when the echos return.

(2Mz out, 4 MHz back in)

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When should harmonics be used?

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Whenever the penetration allows

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What is Coded Harmonics?

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Allows for excellent penetration with higher frequencies

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What is transmit power?

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The intensity of the ultrasound beam transmitted into the patient

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Increasing the transmitted power (intensity) will change what?

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  1. Decrease/improve the SNR (signal to noise ratio)

2. Enhance sensitivity

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When you turn on your machine, what will the transmit power be set at?

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100%

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In what situation would you turn the power down?

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When using doppler on a fetus because doppler puts out more power

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What does Gain do?

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It amplifies all of the returning echos during signal processing

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What unit is gain expressed in?

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Decibels

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What is TGC?

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A receiver gain that adjusts the echos according to time delay (or depth).

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How does changing depth effect TGC?

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You have to readjust, changing depth changes the TGC

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18
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What knobology uses the range equation?

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TGC

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19
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Do Gain and TGC improve the SNR?

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No

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20
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How is TGC expressed?

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As a slope.

An increase in slope is an increase in amplification.

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21
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What is the golden rule of TGC’s?

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Never move one at a time

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22
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What is lateral gain?

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Found on cardiac equipment, used to compensate for side-to-side non-uniformities in brightness due to different pathways

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How does lateral gain differ from TGC?

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It alters echo intensities from individual scan lines on the periphery of the image

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What does focus do?

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It adjusts the depth of near field to improve the lateral resolution at the area of interest.

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What happens if multiple foci are used for a larger field?
The frame rate is significantly reduced (takes more time = choppier image).
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What is co-processing?
A means of helping reduce the impact of the reduction in frame rate
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What does focus impact?
Frame rate. It gives better resolution at multiple points. (We don't use on something moving)
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What does depth do?
Ability to maximize the field of view, as depth changes the echo info is redistributed to fit the monitor.
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What does depth influence?
Frame rate and line density since the speed of sound is constant.
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What is line density?
The density of scan lines in an image (the sound going and coming back).
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How does changing the depth effect line density?
An decrease in depth will increase the line density,
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What happens at a large depth?
The lines are less dense (spread out) which equals less information because the machine "makes up info" to fill in the gaps.
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What is dynamic range?
A form of compression that reduces the number of shades of grey to increase the contrast of the image.
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What happens when Dynamic Range is reduced?
Weak echos and noise are removed
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What is another name for Dynamic Range on other machines?
Compression
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How many shades of grey does the machine have? How many can the human eye see?
256 machine | 100 human eye
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Why is it important to have dynamic range set properly?
If wrong, it can prevent the visualization of small low-contrast structures (decreases tissue differentiation).
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What is the limit of dynamic range?
Bi-stable (black and white)
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What is freeze?
Control that stops the transducer from sending out sound, the machine continually writes the last available frame to display
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What does freeze eliminate?
Real time blurr from capturing a moving image
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What is cineloop?
The systems memory allows for a number of frames to be saved until the image is frozen
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What does cineloop allow?
Frame by frame analysis in order to select the best image
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How many frames does a machine store with cineloop?
Hundreds
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What is sector width?
The ability to reduce the field of view by firing fewer scan lines
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What types of probes have the option of sector width?
Curved linear and echo
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What does sector width effect?
Decreasing the sector width will: 1. Decreases the area 2. Improves line density (concentrates the sound) 3. Improve frame rate (spatial resolution)
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What is dual image?
The ability to split the screen when demonstrating certain anatomy or pathology
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Why was dual image invented?
As a cost saving measure when images were on film
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What is persistence?
Reduces noise by applying temporal averaging to individual pixels
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How does the operator control persistence?
By selecting the number of frames being averaged so that the image is more consistent
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How does increasing persistence effect frame rate?
Increasing persistence decreases the frame rate
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When is persistence not used?
For cardiac applications because we want a high frame rate in order to see small movements.
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What is an example of calculations available on the machine?
Specific OB measurements and calculations available in an OB preset
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What is zoom?
Magnifies the image, there are two diff types of zoom
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What is write zoom?
Magnifies the image before it is written to memory (the zoom before you freeze). "Optical zoom = the good one"
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What is read zoom?
Magnifies the image after the image is committed to the systems memory (after image is frozen) "Digital zoom = bad quality"
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What type of zoom improves resolution?
Write zoom (magnifies before freeze) | Resolution is lost with read zoom
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What are maps?
A way of redistributing the shades of grey displayed so that emphasis is given to particular values (used to brighten low level echos but ignore echoes above a threshold or vice versa)
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Can maps be applied after freeze?
Yes
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What is video invert?
Used to detect subtle changes in echotexture, fluid can be seen as white and soft tissue as black. Not common practice
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What is image invert?
Image is inverted top to bottom or left to right by changing the horizontal/vertical orientation of the image on the diplay
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When is image invert used?
For intervention. | For a biopsy the performing physician may prefer to see the needle coming from a specific angle
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What are hidden functions?
Some applications maybe be hidden until times of need
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What is an example of a hidden function?
Biopsy needle overlay (to assist with intervention)
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What is pre-processing?
Any control that can be adjusted before the image is frozen (committed to memory).
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What is post-processing?
Controls applied to the image after it is frozen
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What control is both post and pre processing?
2 D Gain
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What are the doppler controls?
- Gain - Scale (PRF) - Steer - Invert
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What is compound imaging?
A combination of beam steering and frame averaging that can improve SNR and help eliminate artifacts
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What is another name for compound imaging? (On our machine?)
Sono CT
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Why should compound imaging not be used all the time?
Some artifacts are useful in diagnosis so it is not helpful to always eliminate them. (Kidney stone: we need to see the shadows)
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What is panoramic imaging?
If an area of interest is larger than the transducer face, panoramic allows the system to store multiple frames of a sweep and display the entire area

PHYS 216 (11 decks)

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