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Ultrasound Flashcards

1
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Uses of ultrasound:

A
  1. extension of physical exam
  2. diagnostic studies
  3. guiding needles or instruments for procedures
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2
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How does ultrasound detect structure?

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  • echolocation using sound waves.
  • no radiation involved.
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3
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What creates sound waves in the transducer of an ultrasound machine?

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  • a piezoelectric crystal that vibrates
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4
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What must always be used and placed in between the transducer and the body surface?

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  • gel
    • helps sound waves travel more cleanly through the body
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5
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The two qualities of transducers that influence their use:

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  • frequency emitted
  • shape
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6
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What frequencies have higher resolution on ultrasound, high or low?

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high frequencies (at cost of low penetration)

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7
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What are the differences between using high and low frequencies in US?

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  • high frequencies have higher resolution with lower penetration
  • low frequencies have lower resolution with deeper penetration
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8
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Linear transducer characteristics and use:

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  • Higher frequency (10-18MHZ)
  • Rectangular image
  • Musculoskeletal and soft tissue
  • Superficial
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9
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Curvilinear transducer characteristics and use:

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  • Low frequency (1-5MHZ)
  • Wide, convex image
  • Abdomen
  • Deep structures
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10
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Sector transducer characteristics and use:

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  • Low Frequency
  • Wide, sector image (pie slice)
  • Helps guide beam through windows such as ribs.
  • Cardiac.
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11
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What transducer would you use for superficial and musculoskeletal structures?

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linear

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12
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What transducer would you use for deep structures and the abdomen?

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curvilinear (convex)

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13
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What transducer would you use for the heart?

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sector

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14
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Hypoechoic:

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weaker or low echo
i.e. muscle

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15
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Hyperechoic:

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bright echo
i.e. bone

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16
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Anechoic:

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no echo or blackness
i.e. fluid

17
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Isoechoic:

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equal echogenicity between 2 structures

18
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The three US modes:

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  1. brightness (B) mode
  2. doppler mode
  3. power doppler mode
19
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Doppler mode:

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  • evaluates cardiovascular structures (arteries and veins)
  • COLOR
  • red = toward transducer
  • blue = away from transducer
20
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Power doppler mode:

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  • 5X more sensitive than doppler
  • detects low blood flow
  • one directional
  • used for tumors and tendon evaluation
21
Q

What ultrasound mode would you use to detect blood flow in tendons and/or tumors?

A

power doppler mode

22
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The four things sound waves can do in tissue:

A
  • reflect (back to transducer)
  • refract
  • scatter
  • attenuate (lose energy)
23
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Attenuation in the setting of US:

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  • the sound beam (echo) loses energy as tissue absorbs sound.
  • lower frequency waves travel further and are less attenuated.
24
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Do high or low frequency sound beams demonstrate less attenuation?

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  • low; so use low for deeper structures
25
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Anisotropy is:

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  • Change in echogenicity of a structure dependent on angle of beam relative to that structure.
26
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What tissue is most susceptible to anisotropy?

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tendons

27
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US muscle footprint:

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  • “feather, veins on leaf”
  • Hypoechoic bundles
  • Hyperechoic septae
28
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US tendon footprint:

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  • Hyperechoic, tightly packed
  • Non-branching
  • Non-vascular
29
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US ligament footprint:

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  • often cover a capsule/joint
  • non-vascular
  • hyper or hypoechoic depending on surrounding structures
30
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US bone footprint:

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  • Hyper-Echoic
  • Posterior shadows
31
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US bursae and synovia footprint:

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  • hypo-anechoic (black)
  • gliding structures
  • synovial Lining
32
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US hyaline cartilage (bone lining) footprint:

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  • hypoechoic
  • uniform thickness
33
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US fibrocartilage (between bones) footprint:

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hyper/hypo: salt and pepper

34
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US nerve footprint:

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  • Sagittal: striated, tramtrack
  • Transverse: honeycomb
35
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US vessels footprint:

A

anechoic (black) tubes

36
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What is this an image of?

A

US-guided hematoma aspiration with a needle

SF1.10 Ultrasound (1 decks)

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