Ultrasound Flashcards

1
Q

What is ultrasound imaging

A

A short pulse of mechanical energy is delivered to the tissue

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2
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How do you generate an ultrasound

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Ultrasound waves are generated in piezoelectric materials in the transducer

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3
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How do you detect an ultrasound

A

Piezoelectric effect it is reversible

Piezoelectric elements generate ultrasound and detect the echoes

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4
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What is the human hearing range and ultrasound range?

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15-20kHz

2.5-40MHz

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5
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How does ultrasound differ from other imaging methods?

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  1. Ultrasound beam is non-ionizing longitudinal waves (unlike electromagnetic waves)
  2. The single is recorded in reflection rather than transmit toon mode (unlike X-ray)
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6
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What is the speed of sound in tissue?

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1540 m/s or 1.54mm/us

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7
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Do ultrasounds move faster or slower in bone?

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Faster in bone but have longer wave length!

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8
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Bulk modulus B

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Is a measure of stiffness of a medium and it’s resistance to being compressed

SI unit is Pa

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9
Q

What is the density of
Air
Fat
Soft tissue

A

1.2 kg/m3
924
1050

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10
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Maximum amplitude, A, also coincides with the compression peak

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A is proportional to p

I is proportional to A2

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11
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Ultrasound interactions are determined by

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Acoustic properties of the matter (or medium)

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12
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As ultrasound energy properties through the medium, interaction include;

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Reflection and refraction: boundary interaction

Scattering and absorption: tissue interactions

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13
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Types of reflection

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  1. Specular or mirror reflection
    - happens when it strikes a smooth boundary
  2. Non-specular reflection
    - irregular boundary
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14
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Speckle

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The noisy textured background in ultrasound images

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15
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Transmission and refraction

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The unreflected ultrasound passes on as a transmission beam

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16
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Refraction

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If incident u/s beam strikes a smooth boundary at some oblique angle then the reflected beam is projected at the same angle from the normal

17
Q

What are the process that produce attenuation

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  1. Absorption by tissue
    - main mechanism for the reduction in the beam intensity
  2. Beam divergence
    - by reflecting or scattering
18
Q

Acoustic absorption (or attenuation) coefficient a

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Is a measure of power loss in the sound wave

Is proportional to frequency

19
Q

Intensity half value thickness HVL

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The ultrasound half vale thickness is the thickness of tissue over which the incident intensity of the wave is reduced by 50% and in dB scale is a reduction of intensity by 3dB

20
Q

Ultrasound transducer

A

A device which converts one form of energy to another

Piezoelectric crystals made up the production and detection system of transducer

21
Q

Echo display modes

A
A mode (a for amplitude)
B mode (b for brightness)
C mode (m for motion)
22
Q

Ultrasound pulse

A

It typically 2-3 wavelengths long

The length of the pulse is called the spatial pulse length SPL

23
Q

Pulse duration

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PD is a measure of the tome period of the pulse

24
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Duty factor

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Is the percentage measurement of the time that the pulse occupies in the transmit receive cycle

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Spatial resolution
Resolution is measured as the minimum distance between objects which can be distinguished in the image
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Ultrasound transducer resolution is described in terms of
1. Axial - Rx, is measured in the direction parallel to the beam 2. Lateral - is governed by the beam width - it decreases with increasing beam width - it increases with frequency
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Doppler imaging
Blood velocity can be measured very accurately using Doppler effect Is the change in frequency of a source of sound as it approaches Helps diagnose blood clots and blocked arteries