Review Flashcards
What is
required for
fluid to flow?
Pressure
What is “dyne”
a unit of?
Force
What rule does
the following
statement
describe? “As the diameter of the
stenosis increases, flow
speed increases to
maintain flow”
Continuity Rule
In harmonic
imaging, which
harmonic
frequency is
accepted?
Second
Harmonic
What is another
term for spatial
compounding?
Crossbeam/SRI
What does this
formula
calculate?
DS = Fr-FT
Doppler Shift
Frequency Change (DS) = (Fr) Received Frequency –
(Ft)Transmitted Frequency
What does “Fo”
represent in
this equation?
F(DS) = (2 Fo V)/c
Fo = Operating
Frequency
When Doppler angle
increases, Doppler
shift frequency
_____?
Decreases
What is the
recommended PRF for
a Cardiac Exam?
60 - 80 cm/s
This “limit” refers to
the highest
detectable Doppler
frequency shift
without aliasing.
The Nyquist Limit
What has to be
completed before
quality control can
occur?
Quality Assurance
Who is responsible for
daily quality control in
an US department?
Technologists
STIC is short for?
Spatio-temporal
image correlation
Sensitivity is also
called:
The true positive rate
Specificity is the
proportion of people
without the disease
who will have a ____
result.
Negative Result