UTZ:BUFF Flashcards
VELOCITY OF UTZ IN SOFT TISSUE
1540 M/S
PIEZO MEANS ____
PRESSURE
AS FREQUENCY INCREASES, PENETRATION WILL, ____
DECREASE
AXIAL RESOLUTION IS (2)
- ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH 2 OBJECTS // TO THE UTZ BEAM
AXIAL RESOLUTION (2)
- SAME AS DEPTH, LONGITUDINAL AND RANGE RESOLUTION
IF FREQUENCY INCREASES, WAVELENGTH WILL ___
DECREASE
PROGRESSIVE WEAKENING OF THE UTZ BEAM AS IT TRAVELS
ATTENUATION
WAVELENGTH IS A MEASURE OF ____
DISTANCE
ATTENUATION CAN OCCUR BY: ___
DIVERGENCE, SCATTERING, REFLECTION, REFRACTION, ABSORPTION
___ HAS THE PROPAGATION SPEED CLOSEST TO THE AVERAGE SOFT TISSUE
MUSCLE
ARRANGE THE MEDIUM IN TERMS OF PROPAGATION VELOCITY. FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST
AIR, FAT, MUSCLE, BONE
HIGHER ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE COEFFICIENT B/N THESE THREE: SOLID, LIQUID, GAS
SOLID
PRODUCTION AND BEHAVIOUR OF GAS BUBBLES
CAVITATION
ABSORPTION REFERS TO ___
CONVERSION OF SOUND TO HEAT
RECOMMENDED FOR STERILIZING THE TRANSDUCER
ETHYLENE DIOXIDE
EXAMPLE OF ACOUSTIC WINDOW
LIVER INTERFACE
CAN’T BE DISTINGUISHED IN UTZ
INDIVIDUAL CELLS
REFRACTION OCCURS DUE TO DIFFERENCE IN __ ACROSS AN INTERFACE B/N 2 MATERIALS
DENSITY
REFERENCE MARKER CORRESPONDS TO THE
CRANIAL AND RIGHT
SAGITTAL : PROBE MARKER POINTS
CRANIALLY
MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUE THAT USES HIGH FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES AND THEIR ECHOES
ULTRASONOGRAPHY
ECHOLOCATION METHOD
SONAR (SOUND NAVIGATION AND RANGING)
A RECENT ADVANCEMENT IN ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTING POWER IN ULTRASONOGRAPHY W/C SHOWS GREATER DETAIL SUCH AS PERSPECTIVE
5D
SPATIAL PULSE LENGTH (SPL) DETERMINES
PENETRATION DEPTH
AXIAL RESOLUTION DEPENDS UPON THE ___
WAVELENGTH
LATERAL RESOLUTION DEPENDS UPON __
BEAM DIAMETER
THE BEAM OF AN UNFOCUSED TRANSDUCER DIVERGES
IN THE FRAUNHOFER ZONE
RESULT OF 2 OR MORE REFLECTING SURFACES
REVERBERATION
DOPPLER APPLICATION: 4
- CAN PRODUCE AUDIBLE SOUND
- DOPPLER INSTRUMENTS CAN EMPLOY BOTH PULSED AND CONTINUOUS WAVE
- DOPPLER CAN DISPLAY AN IMAGE
- COLOR DOPPLER POSSIBLE
RANGE OF FREQUENCIES CONTAINED IN AN UTZ PULZE IS CALLED __
BANDWIDTH
GREATEST DOPPLER SHIFT IS ACHIEVED ___.
WHEN THE BEAM STRIKES A VESSEL AT SHARP ANGLE
IT REFERS TO THE DEGREE OF AMPLIFICATION APPLIED TO ALL RETURNING SIGNALS
GAIN CONTROL
ABILITY OF AN IMAGING SYSTEM TO DETECT WEAK REFLECTION IS
SENSITIVITY
A TERM of NO SIGNAL OR REFLECTION DETECTED IN UTZ
ANECHOIC
TYPE OF THE TRANSDUCER COMMONLY USED IN UTZ
CONVEX
ARTIFACTS APPEARING AS //, EQUALLY SPACED LINES CHARACTERISTICS OF ___
REVERBERATION
THE AMOUNT OF DISPERSION IN THE FAR FIELD CAN BE DECREASED BY __
USING LARGE DIAMETER TRANSDUCER
LONGITUDINAL OR AXIAL RESOLUTION DIRECTLY DEPENDENT ON __
SPL (SPATIAL PULSE LENGTH)
MATERIALS SUITABLE AS ACOUSTIC INSULATOR FOR TRANSDUCER BACKING: 4
- CORK
MATERIALS SUITABLE AS ACOUSTIC INSULATOR FOR TRANSDUCER BACKING: 4
- RUBBER
MATERIALS SUITABLE AS ACOUSTIC INSULATOR FOR TRANSDUCER BACKING: 4
- EPOXY RESIN
MATERIALS SUITABLE AS ACOUSTIC INSULATOR FOR TRANSDUCER BACKING: 4
- ARALDITE LOADED W/ TUNGSTEN POWDER INSIDE
DAMPING MATERIAL FUNCTION: 3
- REDUCE PULSE DURATION
DAMPING MATERIAL FUNCTION: 3
- IMPROVE AXIAL RESOLUTION
DAMPING MATERIAL FUNCTION: 3
- REDUCE SPL (SPATIAL PULSE LENGTH)
HIGHER FREQUENCY ENABLES HIGHER RESOLUTION BUT _
REDUCED PENETRATION DEPTH