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SPI 2 Flashcards

1
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Absorption

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Process where sound energy is dissipated in a medium

Heat

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Acoustic

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Having to do with sound

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Acoustic impedance

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Resistance to sound as it propagates through a medium

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Acoustic variables

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Effects on the sound beam caused by the medium

Pressure, density, distance

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Amplitude

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Strength of the compression wave; maximum variation of an acoustic variable

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Attenuation

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Weakening of sound as it propagates through a medium

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Attenuation coefficient

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Attenuation occurring with each centimeter that sound travels

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Bandwidth

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Range of frequencies found in pulse Ultrasound

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Compression

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Region of high pressure or density in a compression wave

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Continuous wave

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A nonpulsed wave in which cycles repeat indefinitely

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Cycle

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One complete variation in pressure or other acoustic variable

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Decibel

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A unit used to compare the ratio of intensities or amplitudes of two sound waves or two points along the wave

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13
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Density

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Concentration of mass weight or matter per unit volume

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Duty factor

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Fraction of time that pulse Ultrasound is on

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Frequency

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Number of cycles in a wave occurring in one second

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16
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Half value layer

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Thickness of tissue required to reduce the intensity of the sound beam by one-half

Aka- depth of penetration

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17
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Harmonic frequency

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Echoes twice the frequency transmitted into the body that reflect back to the transducer, which improves image quality

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Impedance

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Determines how much of an incident sound wave is reflected back from the first medium and how much is transmitted into the second medium

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19
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Incident angle

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Direction and of incident beam with respect to the media boundary

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Intensity

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Rate at which energy transmits over a specific area

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Oblique incidence

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Incident Ultrasound traveling at an oblique angle to the media boundary

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Period

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Time to complete one cycle

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Pressure

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Concentration of force

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Propagation speed

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Speed at which a wave moves through a medium

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Pulse

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Collection of a number of cycles that travel together

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Pulse duration

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Portion of time from the beginning to the end of a pulse

Sonography 2-3 cycles
Doppler 5-30 cycles

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Pulse repetition frequency

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Number of pulses per second

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Pulse repetition period

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Time between the beginning of one cycle and the beginning of the next cycle

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29
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Q factor

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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

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Rarefraction

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Regions of low pressure or density in a compression wave

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31
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Rayleigh’s scatter

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Occurs when the reflector is much smaller than the wavelength of the sound beam

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Reflection

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Redirection (return) of a portion of the sound beam back to the transducer

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33
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Refraction

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Change in direction of the sound wave after passing from one minute to another

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Scattering

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Redirection of sound in several directions on encountering a rough surface (non speculate reflection)

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Spatial pulse length

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Distance over which a pulse occurs

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36
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Speckle

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Multiple echoes received at the same time generating interference in the sound wave, resulting in a grainy appearance of the US

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37
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Specular reflections

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They compromise the boundaries of organs and reflect sound in only one direction. Angle dependent

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38
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Stiffness

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Resistance of a material to compression

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39
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Temporal

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Relating to time

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40
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Wavelength

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Distance of one cycle

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41
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Sound categories

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Infra - below 20Hz (below human hearing)

Audible- above 20Hz and below 20,000Hz (human hearing)

Ultrasound- over 20,000 Hz (above human hearing)

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42
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Sound waves carry?

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Energy

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43
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Sound waves have areas of?

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Compression (high pressure) and rarefraction (low pressure)

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44
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Frequency is proportional to?

A

Image quality and attenuation

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45
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Frequency is inversely proportional to

A

Wavelength, period and depth

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46
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Period is proportional to?

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Wavelength

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47
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Period is inversely related to

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Frequency

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48
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Propagation speed is proportional to

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Stiffness in a medium

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49
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Propagation speed is inversely related to?

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Density of a medium

50
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Dense structures or pathology do what to propagation speed?

51
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Stiff structures do what to propagation speed?

A

Increase

Bone

52
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Propagation speed of soft tissue

A

1.54 mm/ms

53
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Wavelength is proportional to?

A

Period and depth

54
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Wavelength is inversely related to?

55
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Amplitude

A

Sound strength

56
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Amplitude is proportional to

57
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Amplitude does what through tissue?

58
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Intensity is proportional to

A

Power and amplitude of the wave squared

59
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Intensity is inversely related to

60
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Power

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Rate at which energy is transmitted into the body

61
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Power is proportional to

62
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Pulse Ultrasound

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A few pulses of Ultrasound followed by a longer pause of no ultrasound

Two components: transmitting and receiving

63
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Bandwidth relationships

A

Inversely related to SPL and Q factor

64
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Duty factor relationships

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Directly related to PRF and pulse duration

Inversely related to PRP

65
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Pulse duration relationships

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Directly related to duty factor and number of cycles in pulse

Inversely related to PRF

66
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PRF relationships

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Proportional to duty factor

Inversely related PRP and imaging depth

67
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PRP relationships

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Proportional to imaging depth

Inversely related to PRF

68
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Spatial pulse length relationships

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Directly related to wavelength and number of cycles per pulse
Inversely related to frequency

69
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Sound travels through tissues at different speeds depending on?

A

Density and stiffness of a medium

70
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Sound travels faster in media that is denser than air because of

A

reduced compressibility

71
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Normal incidence

A

Allows reflection of sound beam.

72
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Oblique incidence

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When incident sound beam strikes another boundary at any angle other than 90 degrees

73
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What must take place for reflection to occur?

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A difference in acoustic impedance between two structures and striking the boundary at a perpendicular angle

74
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Harmonics frequency improves

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Spatial and contrast resolution

75
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Harmonics frequency decreases

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Axial resolution

76
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Harmonics frequency sound beams are

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Narrower with lower side lobes increasing lateral resolution

77
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Increasing depth does what to harmonics frequency?

A

Increases harmonic signals

78
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Tissue harmonics created when?

A

During transmission

79
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Contrast harmonics are created

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During receiving

80
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What must take place for refraction to occur?

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Oblique incidence and a change in velocity or propagation speed between two media

81
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Absorption

A

Conversion of sound to heat

82
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Reflection

A

Redirection of sound beam back to transducer

83
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Scattering

A

Redirection of sound in multiple directions

84
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Attenuation relationship

A

Proportional to frequency and depth

85
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Attenuation coefficient relationship

A

Proportional to frequency and depth

86
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Density relationship

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Proportional to impedance and propagation speed

87
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Half value layer relationship

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Inversely related to frequency

88
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Impedance relationship

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Proportional to density and propagation speed of the medium

89
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Divergence

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Widening of sound beam in the far field

90
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Aperture

A

Size of transducer element

91
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Apodization

A

Excitation of elements in an array to reduce grading lobes

92
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Array

A

Collection of active elements connected to individual electronic currents in one transducer assembly

93
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Axial resolution

A

Ability to distinguish two structures along a path parallel to the sound beam

94
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Channels

A

Multiple transducer elements with individual wiring and system electronics

95
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Constructive interference

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Occurs when two waves in phase with each other create a new wave with amplitude greater than the original two waves;in phase

96
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Convex array

A

Curved linear transducer containing multiple piezoelectric elements

97
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Curie point

A

Temp to which a material is raised while in the presence of a strong electrical field, to yield piezoelectric properties.

98
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What happens when temperature exceeds Curie point?

A

Crystal properties will be lost

99
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Damping

A

Material attached to rear of transducer element reduce ringing

100
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Destructive interference

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Occurs when two waves out of phase with each other create a new wave with amplitude less than the two original waves

101
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Diffraction

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Deviation in the direction of the sound wave that is not a result of reflection, scattering, or refraction

102
Q

Dynamic aperture

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Aperture that increases as the focal length increases; minimizes change in the width of the sound beam

103
Q

Element

A

Piezoelectric element of the transducer assembly

104
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Elevational resolution

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Detail resolution located perpendicular to the scan plane; it is equal to the section thickness and is the source of slice thickness artifact

105
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Far zone

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Region of the sound beam in which the diameter increases as the distance from the transducer increases

106
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Focal length

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Distance from a focused transducer to the center of the focal zone; distance from a focused transducer to the spatial peak intensity

107
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Focal point

A

Concentration of the sound beam into a smaller area

108
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Focal zone

A

Area at region of focus

109
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Fraunhofer

110
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Fresnel

111
Q

Grating lobes

A

Additional weak beams emitted from a multi element transducer that propagate in directions different from the primary beam

112
Q

Huygens principle

A

All points on a wave front or at a source are point sources for the production of spherical secondary wavelets

113
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Interference

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Occurs when two waves interact or overlap resulting in the creation of a new wave

114
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Lateral resolution

A

Ability to distinguish two structures lying perpendicular to sound path

115
Q

Matching layer

A

Material attached to front face of the transducer element to reduce reflections at the transducer surface

116
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Near zone

A

Region of beam between the transducer and focal point which decreases in size as it approaches the focus

117
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Operating frequency

A

Natural frequency of the transducer

118
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Operation frequency is determined by

A

Propagation speed and thickness of element in pulse Ultrasound and by the electrical frequency in continuous wave

119
Q

Phased

A

Multiple focal zones, beam steering and beam focusing

Applies voltage pulse to all elements in the assembly as a group, but with minor time differences.

120
Q

Sequenced array

A

Operated by applying voltage pulses to a group of elements in succession

121
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Side lobes

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Additional weak beams traveling from a single element transducer in directions different from the beam

122
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Subdicing

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Dividing each element into small pieces to reduce grading lobes

DSM PHY (14 decks)

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