Sound Beams Flashcards
What is the region from the transducer to the smallest cross-sectional area of a sound beam called?
a. focus
b. half-value thickness
c. near zone
d. Fraunhofer zone
c. near zone
The area that starts at the beam’s smallest diameter and extends deeper is:
a. the distant zone
b. the Fresnel zone
c. the Fraunhofer zone
d. the depth of penetration
c. the Fraunhofer zone
Which of these terms have the same meaning.
1) far zone
2) near zone
3) Fresnel zone
4) focal zone
5) Fraunhofer zone
6) lateral zone
a. 1 and 2, 3 and 4
b. 1 and 4, 2 and 3
c. 4 and 6, 5 and 1
d. 2 and 3, 5 and 1
d. 2 and 3, 5 and 1
What is the point or location where a beam reaches its smallest dimension?
a. near zone
b. focus
c. penetration depth
d. focal zone
b. focus
All of the following are true of the focus except:
a. it is at the end of the near zone
b. it is at the beginning of the Fraunhofer zone
c. it has the highest spatial peak intensity
d. it is at the start of the Fresnel zone
d. it is at the start of the Fresnel zone
A PZT crystal in the shape of a disc produces a continuous ultrasound wave. The beam is unfocused.
True or False?
The near zone is the only region where the diameter of the sound beam is smaller than the transducer’s.
False
A PZT crystal in the shape of a disc produces a continuous ultrasound wave. The beam is unfocused.
True or False?
The far zone is the only region where the beam diameter exceeds the transducer diameter.
True
A PZT crystal in the shape of a disc produces a continuous ultrasound wave. The beam is unfocused.
True or False?
If the diameter of a sound beam is 8 mm at a depth equal to twice the near zone length, then the PZT crystal has a diameter of 16 mm.
False
A PZT crystal in the shape of a disc produces a continuous ultrasound wave. The beam is unfocused.
True or False?
If the diameter of the acoustic beam produced by a crystal is 8 mm at a depth of twice the near zone length, then the PZT crystal has a diameter of 8 mm.
True
A PZT crystal in the shape of a disc produces a continuous ultrasound wave. The beam is unfocused.
True or False?
The near zone is the only region where the diameter of the sound beam decreases as depth increases.
True
A PZT crystal in the shape of a disc produces a continuous ultrasound wave. The beam is unfocused.
True or False?
If the narrowest diameter of a sound beam is at a depth of 8 cm, then the PZT crystal’s diameter is 16 cm.
False
A PZT crystal in the shape of a disc produces a continuous ultrasound wave. The beam is unfocused.
True or False?
The higher the frequency of the acoustic wave, the shorter the length of the near zone.
False
A PZT crystal in the shape of a disc produces a continuous ultrasound wave. The beam is unfocused.
True or False?
The greater the diameter of a transducer’s piezoelectric crystal, the longer the near zone length is.
True
A PZT crystal in the shape of a disc produces a continuous ultrasound wave. The beam is unfocused.
True or False?
The thicker a continuous wave transducer’s piezoelectric crystal, the longer the near zone length is
False
For a disc-shaped PZT crystal producing continuous sound, which design will create a beam with the shallowest focus?
a. large diameter, low frequency
b. large diameter, high frequency
c. small diameter, low frequency
d. small diameter, high frequency
c. small diameter, low frequency