SPI 2 Flashcards
Absorption
Process where sound energy is dissipated in a medium
Heat
Acoustic
Having to do with sound
Acoustic impedance
Resistance to sound as it propagates through a medium
Acoustic variables
Effects on the sound beam caused by the medium
Pressure, density, distance
Amplitude
Strength of the compression wave; maximum variation of an acoustic variable
Attenuation
Weakening of sound as it propagates through a medium
Attenuation coefficient
Attenuation occurring with each centimeter that sound travels
Bandwidth
Range of frequencies found in pulse Ultrasound
Compression
Region of high pressure or density in a compression wave
Continuous wave
A nonpulsed wave in which cycles repeat indefinitely
Cycle
One complete variation in pressure or other acoustic variable
Decibel
A unit used to compare the ratio of intensities or amplitudes of two sound waves or two points along the wave
Density
Concentration of mass weight or matter per unit volume
Duty factor
Fraction of time that pulse Ultrasound is on
Frequency
Number of cycles in a wave occurring in one second
Half value layer
Thickness of tissue required to reduce the intensity of the sound beam by one-half
Aka- depth of penetration
Harmonic frequency
Echoes twice the frequency transmitted into the body that reflect back to the transducer, which improves image quality
Impedance
Determines how much of an incident sound wave is reflected back from the first medium and how much is transmitted into the second medium
Incident angle
Direction and of incident beam with respect to the media boundary
Intensity
Rate at which energy transmits over a specific area
Oblique incidence
Incident Ultrasound traveling at an oblique angle to the media boundary
Period
Time to complete one cycle
Pressure
Concentration of force
Propagation speed
Speed at which a wave moves through a medium
Pulse
Collection of a number of cycles that travel together
Pulse duration
Portion of time from the beginning to the end of a pulse
Sonography 2-3 cycles
Doppler 5-30 cycles
Pulse repetition frequency
Number of pulses per second
Pulse repetition period
Time between the beginning of one cycle and the beginning of the next cycle
Q factor
For short pulses the Q factor is equal to the number of cycles in a pulse; the lower the Q factor the better the image quality
Rarefraction
Regions of low pressure or density in a compression wave
Rayleigh’s scatter
Occurs when the reflector is much smaller than the wavelength of the sound beam
Reflection
Redirection (return) of a portion of the sound beam back to the transducer
Refraction
Change in direction of the sound wave after passing from one minute to another
Scattering
Redirection of sound in several directions on encountering a rough surface (non speculate reflection)
Spatial pulse length
Distance over which a pulse occurs
Speckle
Multiple echoes received at the same time generating interference in the sound wave, resulting in a grainy appearance of the US
Specular reflections
They compromise the boundaries of organs and reflect sound in only one direction. Angle dependent
Stiffness
Resistance of a material to compression
Temporal
Relating to time
Wavelength
Distance of one cycle
Sound categories
Infra - below 20Hz (below human hearing)
Audible- above 20Hz and below 20,000Hz (human hearing)
Ultrasound- over 20,000 Hz (above human hearing)
Sound waves carry?
Energy
Sound waves have areas of?
Compression (high pressure) and rarefraction (low pressure)
Frequency is proportional to?
Image quality and attenuation
Frequency is inversely proportional to
Wavelength, period and depth
Period is proportional to?
Wavelength
Period is inversely related to
Frequency
Propagation speed is proportional to
Stiffness in a medium