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Physics Ch 21 Flashcards

1
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An error in imaging

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artifact

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Causes of artifacts (4)

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violation of assumptions, equipment malfunction, physics, operator error

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Portions of an image that are brighter than surrounding tissues

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hyperechoic

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Portions of an image that are not as bright as surrounding tissues

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hypoechoic

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Without echoes

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anechoic

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Structures with equal echo brightness

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isoechoic

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A portion of tissue or an image that has similar echo characteristics throughout

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homogenous

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A portion of tissue or an image that has differing echo characteristics throughout

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heterogenous

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Artifacts appear when the assumptions are

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not true

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What are the 6 assumptions

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  1. sound travels in a straight line 2. sound travels directly to a reflector and back 3. sound travels in soft tissue at exactly 1540 m/sec 4. reflections arise only from structures positioned in the beams main axis 5. imaging plan is very thin 6. strength of a reflection is related to the characteristics of the tissue creating the reflection
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Appear on the display as multiple, equally spaced echoes caused by the bouncing of the sound wave between two strong reflectors positions parallel to the us system

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reverberation

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What assumption is not true with reverberation

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2 sound travels directly to a reflector and back

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Type of reverberation (ring down artifact) created when closely spaced reverberations merge

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comet tail

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Which assumption is not true with comet tail

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2 sound travels directly to a reflector and back

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15
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Reverberation is located _____ to the sound beam main axis and at ______

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parallel, increasing depths

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16
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Comet tail is located _____ to the sound beams main axis

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parallel

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17
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Appears as a hypoechoic or anechoic region extending downward from a HIGHLY ATTENUATING structure

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shadowing

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18
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Shadowing is _______ to the speed of sound in soft tissue

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completely unrelated

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19
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Shadows are the same color as the image background, reflections missing are behind a _________ structure

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highly attenuating

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What assumption is not true with shadowing

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6 strength of a reflection is related to the characteristic of the tissue creating the reflection

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21
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Type of shadowing (shadowing by refraction)

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edge shadowing

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Appears as a hypoechoic region extending down from the edge of a curved reflector

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edge shadowing

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What assumption is not true with edge shadowing

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6 strength of a reflection is related to the characteristic of the tissue creating the reflection

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24
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Results when the beam spreads after striking a curved reflector

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edge shadowing

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25
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Prevents visualization of true anatomy of the scan

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edge shadowing

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Appears as a hyperechoic region beneath tissue with abnormally LOW ATTENUATION

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enhancement

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27
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Enhancement is completely _____ to the speed of sound in the tissue

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unrelated

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28
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What assumption is not true with enhancement

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6 the strength of a reflection is related to the characteristics of the tissue creating the reflection

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29
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Hyperechoic, result of too little attenuation, located beneath a structure with abnormally LOW attenuation

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enhancement

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30
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Type of enhancement, focal banding, side to side region of an image that appears brighter than tissues at other depths

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Focal enhancement

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31
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Has the appearance of incorrect use of TGCs

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focal enhancement

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32
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In focal enhancement, where is focal banding most prominent and why

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at the focus, where the sound beam intensity is greatest

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What assumption is not true with focal enhancement

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6 the strength of a reflection is related to the characteristics of the tissue creating the reflection

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34
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Hyperechoic side to side region, results from increased intensity at the focus

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focal enhancement

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35
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Created when sound reflects off a strong reflector and is redirected toward a second structure. The redirection causes a replica of the structure to incorrectly appear on the image

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mirror image

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36
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This artifact is located deeper than the real structure

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mirror image

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37
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Another name for mirror image that is seen with color and spectral doppler

38
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What assumption is not true with mirror image

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1 sound travels in a straight line #2 sound travels directly to a reflector and back to the transducer

39
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Second copy of a true reflector, a bright reflector lies on a straight line between the artifact and the transducer

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mirror image

40
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In mirror image, the true reflector and artifact are

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equal distances from the mirror

41
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Created when a sound wave propagates through the medium at a speed other than that of soft tissue. The correct number of reflectors are displayed, but they appear at different depths

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Speed error/prop speed error

42
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Speed errors appear as a ______ as if structures are _____ or ______

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step off, split, cut

43
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What assumption is not true with speed error

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3 Sound travels in soft tissue at exactly 1540 m/s

44
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Correct number of reflectors, improper depth, appears as a step off

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speed error/prop speed error

45
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In speed error, when the medium’s speed is slower than average speed in soft tissue (3)

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go-return time is longer, reflectors placed too deep on image, distances are overestimated

46
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In speed error, when the medium’s speed is faster than average speed in soft tissue (3)

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go-return time is short, reflectors are located too shallow on the image, distances are underestimated

47
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This artifact appears when the sound energy is transmitted in a direction other than along the beams main axis

48
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Lobe artifacts degrade _____ resolution

49
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Lobes are weaker than the primary beam and do not typically

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create reflections that appear on an image

50
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Can lobes create a reflection ever? When?

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Yes, when a strong reflector is in the path of the lobe

51
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What assumption is not true with lobe

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4 reflections only arise from structures positioned in the beams main axis

52
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Lobes are located

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side by side and at the same depth

53
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Lobes created by mechanical probe are called

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side lobes

54
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Lobes created by array transducers are called

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grating lobes

55
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How to reduce grating lobes

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subdicing, apodization

56
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Dividing the PZT element into small pieces

57
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An extension of subdicing where elements are applied at different voltages-elements close to the center of the sound beam are excited with higher voltages, while the outermost elements are excited with lower voltages

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apodization

58
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Created when a sound pulses changes direction during transmission

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refraction

59
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Refraction occurs when a sound wave strikes a boundary with ______ and the media has ______. AKA _____

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oblique incidence, different prop speeds, “transmission with a bend”

60
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Refraction artifact degrades _____ resolution

61
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What assumption is not true with refraction

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1 Sound travels in a straight line

62
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Related to dimension of the beam that is PERPENDICULAR to the imaging plan

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slice thickness

63
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What are the other names for slice thickness

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section thickness, partial volume

64
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Slice thickness artifact is involved with

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elevational resolution

65
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Elevational resolution is determined by the thickness of

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the imaging plane

66
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What assumption is not true with slice thickness

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5 the imaging plane is very thin

67
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The true reflector lies either above or below the assume imaging plan, but is displayed within the image. FILLS IN FLUID FILLED STRUCTURES

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slice thickness

68
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Reducing slice thickness artifact involves

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using a 1 1/2 dimensional array transducer which provides a thinner imaging plane

69
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Occurs when a pair of side by side reflectors are closer than the width of the sound beam

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lateral resolution artifact

70
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What is another name for lateral resolution artifact

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point spread artifact

71
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Lateral resolution artifact reflectors are also called

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point spread artifact

72
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Lateral resolution reflectors are positioned _____ and depend on _____

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perpendicular to the sound beam, beam width (least likely to occur at the focus where the beam is the smallest)

73
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_____ occurs when a long pulse strikes two closely spaced structures ____ to the sound beam and only ____ will appear on the image

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axial resolution, parallel, one reflection

74
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Reducing axial resolution artifact involves

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higher frequency transducer (shorter pulses, less ringing)

75
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Created when sound pulses glance off a second structure on the way to or from the primary reflector. As a result, the transmit path length differs from the return path length

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Multipath artifact

76
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What assumption is not true with multipath artifact

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2 sound travels directly to a reflector and back

77
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Subtle nonspecific changes that cannot be explicitly identified on the image

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multipath artifact

78
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When sound beam strikes a curved or oblique reflector, some of the reflected sound may be directed away from the transducer. The amplitude of the reflection received by the transducer may be less than expected

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Curved and Oblique reflectors

79
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Reflections may be absent on the image, may appear too weak on the image, may appear different from other similar reflecting boundaries

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curved and oblique reflectors

80
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Results in less accurate positioning of moving reflectors

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temporal resolution artifact

81
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Spatial resolution is related to

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overall detail

82
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Spatial resolution is determined by

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line density, axial/lateral resolution

83
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With spatial resolution and high line density, greater number of _______ per frame and _______, the image exhibits great detail and the spatial resolution is _____

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horizontal scan lines, high pixel density, exceptional

84
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With spatial resolution and low line densit, the imafe exhibits _______ and the spatial resolution is _____

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less detail, poor

85
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Occurs when a reflecting structure is located deeper than the imaging depth of the image. This reflector is placed at a shallow location on the image

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range ambiguity artifact

86
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Small amplitude choes and results from many sources (including electrical interference, signal processing and spurious reflection)

87
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Noise is more likely to affect ______ hypoechoic regions rather than bright echogenic areas

88
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What are the two types of noise

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speckle, clutter

89
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Results from constructive and destructive interference of small sound wavelets. Give image a grainy appearance, especially in shallow portions of an ultrasound image

90
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Presence of false echo signals arising from locations outside of the main sound beam. Side lobes, grating lobes and section thickness artifact are sources of this

91
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Reducing noise involves using

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harmonic imaging

92
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The goal of harmonic imaging is to selectively distinguish meaningful _________ and this _____ the signal-to-noise ratio

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reflections from noise, increases

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