LECTURE 9 - UTZ NOMECLATURES

Question 1

areas on the image showing NO internal echoes, appearing DARK or BLACK on the image.

Answer 1

ANECHOIC or SONOLUCENT

Question 2

areas on the image with MORE reflected echoes (Brighter) than surrounding tissue.

Answer 2

ECHOGENIC or HYPERECHOIC

Question 3

areas on the image with FEWER reflected echoes (DARKER) than surrounding tissue.

Answer 3

HYPOECHOIC

Question 4

• In B-mode scanning, the amplitudes of returning signals are displayed on a gray scale from white (strong echo) to black (no echo perceived) and in-between shades of gray. The arrangement of reflected echoes as “dots” on the image is referred to as the

Answer 4

TEXTURE

Question 5

organ parenchyma is uniform in echogenicity.

Answer 5

HOMOGENEOUS

Question 6

organ parenchyma is NOT uniform in echogenicity.

Answer 6

INHOMOGENEOUS or HETEROGENEOUS