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Transducers and Beams Flashcards

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1
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size of the source

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Aperture

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A method for reducing side lobes (lateral array elements) in some arrays. It gradually decreases the vibration of the transducer surface with distance from its center by improving the directivity.

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Apodization

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3
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A collection of active elements within a transducer housing

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Array

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4
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Perpendicular to scan plane

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Axial

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5
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The minimum distance 2 structures are separated from front to back or anterior to posterior, and still be distinguished as separate by the ultrasound machine

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Axial Resolution

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6
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width of the pulse as it travels away from the transducer

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Beam

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7
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Man Made-improves bandwidth, sensitivity, resolution elements

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Composite

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8
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Crystals arranged in an arc; sector shape format

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Convex array

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9
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Natural materials: Quartz, Rochelle salts, tourmaline

Man-made: Lead zirconate titanate or PZT barium titanate, lead metaniobate, lead titanate

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Crystal

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10
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Transducer crystals lose their piezoelectric properties if they are heated above a critical temperature

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Curie point

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11
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Material bonded to the back of the active element; limits “ringing” of the crystal; shortens pulse duration and spatial pulse length, therefore improving image quality

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Damping

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12
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the machine’s ability to see and differentiate small structures and represent them (anatomically) correctly on the ultrasound image

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Detail resolution

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13
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continually changing focus

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Dynamic focusing

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14
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piezoelectric element, active element, or crystal

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Element

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15
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Slice thickness resolution

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Elevational resolution

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16
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Place where the beam begins to diverge (Fraunhofer zone)

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Far zone

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17
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the distance from the transducer face to the focus

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Focal length

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18
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Focus Near Zone Focal Length (focal depth, near zone length) Far Zone Focal zone

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Focal region

19
Q

the area of highest, most uniform beam intensity

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Focal zone

20
Q

improve resolution at given depth

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Focus

21
Q

unwanted parts of the ultrasound beam emitted off axis that produce image artifacts due to error in positioning the returning echo.

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Grating lobes

22
Q

Scan plane width or beam diameter

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Lateral

23
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The minimum distance that two side by side structures can be separated and still show 2 separate echoes on the screen.

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Lateral resolution

24
Q

one of the world’s most widely used piezoelectric ceramic materials (man made)

A

Lead zirconate titanate

25
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external focusing

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Lens

26
Q

Arranged in or extending along a straight or nearly straight line

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Linear

27
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parallel scan line, width & length of image are approximately equal for superficial structures

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Linear array

28
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Beam steering and focusing is electronic

Phased array or electronic sector

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Linear phased array

29
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no fixed focus , with rectangle image, sequencing beams large acoustic footprint

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Linear sequenced array

30
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Reduces reflections at transducer - tissue interface

Also called impedance matching layer

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Matching layer

31
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transition point between the near field and the far field of a non focused transducer

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Natural focus

32
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Region between the transducer and the focus

Also called the Fresnel zone

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Near zone

33
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Resonant Frequency or natural frequency depends on thickness of the crystal, and Speed of sound in the crystal

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Operating frequency

34
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adjustable, multi-focus

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Phased array

35
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phased focus control is applied to a linear sequenced array.

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Phased linear array

36
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electricity or electric polarity due to pressure especially in a crystalline substance

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Piezoelectricity

37
Q

to search into or examine thoroughly

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Probe

38
Q

the machine’s ability to image structures with accuracy

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Resolution

39
Q

The operating frequency of a transducer

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Resonance frequency

40
Q

pie shaped image

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Sector

41
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some of the energy from transducer radiates at various angles to the transducer face

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Side lobes

42
Q

any device that converts one form of energy into another

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Transducer

43
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Combination of phased array electronics and linear sequential array probes to provide electronic steering and multiple focal zones

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Vector array

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