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Ultrasound

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First Italian Physicist to document use of waves by analyzing navigation of flying bats in the dark   Lazaro Spallanzani  
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What year Lazaro Spallanzi document the waves from flying bats   1794  
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He created an apparatus that produces sound waves of frequency of 40 Hz   Francis Galton  
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What year Francis Galton created an apparatus   1880  
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They noted that electricity maybe created by Piezoelectric Effect   Jacques and Pierre Curie  
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They discovered the inverse piezoelectric effect   Jacques and Pierre Curie  
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He discovered motion of the internal parts of bodies by the sound they make   Robert Hooke  
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He registered a patent for iceberg detection and in what year   Lewis Fry Richard Soon, 1913  
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They invented Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) and in what year   Paul Langevin and Constantin Chilowski, 1915  
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He developed sonar   Robert Boyle  
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Type of ultrasound that is use for treatment   Therapeutic US  
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He created a system in which the receiver was a separate device collecting the waves in 1941   Donald Sproule-  
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He received a recognition for the Reflectoscope   Floyd Firestone-  
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He introduced hyperphonography   Karl and Friederick Dussik-  
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Noted for developing the 1st application of ultrasound to the human body   George Ludwick  
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He detected heart motions with a flaw detector and later called ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY in 1953   Professor C. H. Hertz  
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The first real-time mechanical commercial scanner in 1965   VIDOSON  
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Who designed VIDOSON   Richard Soldner  
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A phased array system in 1983   HEWLETT PACKARD 70020A  
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He incorporated US into OB/GYN in 1958   Ian MacDonald  
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They designed pulsed doppler US Tech in 1966   Don Baker, Dennis Watkins, and John Reid  
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Color Doppler Sound Intruments in what year   1970  
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He developed 3-D US captured images of fetus in 1980   Kazunori Baba  
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A test that uses US waves to capture images in the Body   US  
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Travels in straight line through air or medium that can be heard   Sound  
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Bumping of particles creates what   Sound waves  
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It is a local oscillation in a medium that transfers energy through medium   Mechanical Wave  
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Height of the wave's crest which determines its loudness   Amplitude  
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A region in a sound wave where particles have been pushed together making the densest part of the wave   Compression  
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The number of waves produced in a given period of time   Frequency  
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The intensity of the pressure wave resulting in the level of intensity perceived by someone   Loudness  
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Describes the perceived highness or lowness of a sound wave   Pitch  
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The region in the sound wave where the particles have been spread out and are the least dense part of the wave   Rarefaction  
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The measurement of a sound wave from compression to compression   Wavelength  
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Frequency of an US wave   > 20 000 Hz (20 KHz)  
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Active elements found in US Transducers   Piezoelectrics  
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The ability of certain materials to generate an electric charge in response to applied mechanical stress   Piezoelectric Effect  
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Piezein and piezo means what   Piezein = Squeez or Press Piezo = Push  
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Less resolution but deeper penetration   Lower Frequencies  
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Short wavelength but greater resolution   Higher Frequencies  
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mHz for kidney and liver   1-6 mHz  
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mHz for muscles and tendons   7-18 mHz  
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Amplification is done by what   TGC - Time Gain Compensation Amplifier  
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The decreasing of intensity of a sound wave   Attenuation  
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The results of sound wave interaction with tissues   Divergence Interference Scatter Diffraction Absorption Reflection  
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Echoes are large, smooth surface and sound is reflected in a singular direction (Bones)   Specular Reflector  
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Small echoes, irregular shape and reflection returns in various directions (Soft Tissues)   Diffuse Reflector  
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Refers to the propagation of incident sound waves in oblique directions   Scatter  
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Occurs at interfaces involving structures of small dimensions   Rayleigh Scattering  
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When the sound wave is greater than the structure it comes in contact with, it creates a uniform amplitude in all directions with little or no reflection returning to the transducer   True  
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Most of the acoustic energy is reflected - impossible to see deeper   Gas or Solids  
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Why lungs can't be examined by US   because of the presence of Air  
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Imaging through an adult skull or other bones is possible   False, not.  
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Attenuation is a combined effects of...   Absorption, Scattering, and Reflection  
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The higher the angle of incidence, the lesser sound scattering   True  
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Bending of waves can cause artifacts like spatial distortion and lesser resolution   True  
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Absorption of US wave in fluids is a result of frictional forces that oppose the motion of particles in medium   True  
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Physical property of tissues and describes how much resistance US beam encounters   Acoustic Impedance  
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Density and speed is directly proportional to acoustic impedance   True  
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Impedance is defined as   Z = pv  
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Z P V stands for   Z = Acoustic Impedance P = Density of medium V = Speed of sound  
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Found in the body where sound wave travels the fastest   Bone - 4080 m/s  
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Found in the body where sound wave travels the slowest   Air - 330 m/s  
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Ratio of intensity of reflected wave relative to incident wave   Intensity Reflection Coefficient  
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The greater the difference in acoustic impedance between the media the greater the reflection and smaller the transmission   TRUE  
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Reflection Fraction Formula   RF = [ ( Z2 - Z1 ) / ( Z2 + Z1 ) ] ^2  
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A method of describing the reflecting echoes   Echogenicity  
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Darker and less reflection   Hypoechoic - Muscles, Blood Vessels  
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Brighter and more reflection   Hyperechoic - Bones, Cartilage  
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Total Black and no echoes   Anechoic - Air, Fluids  
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Equal   Isoechoic  
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Basic Components of a US   Pulser - Trasnducer - Receiver  
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It applies high amplitude voltage to energize crystals   Pulser  
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Converts electrical energy to mechanical energy   Transducer  
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Detects and amplifies signals   Receiver  
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A type of transducer that is propagated in linear fashion and is parallel to transducer surface   Linear  
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It increases field of view and is ideal for deeper structures   Curvilinear  
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Ultrasound Machine consists of what   Transducer Probe, a central processing unit (CPU), a monitor, a keyboard with control knobs, disk storage devices, a printer and so on  
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A fluid medium needed to provide a link between transducer surface of the patient   Acoustic Coupling Agent  
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Not a good coupling agent because it evaporates rapidly   Water  
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Not a good coupling agent because it dissolves the rubber   Oil  
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Best Acoustic Coupling Agent   Water Soluble Gel  
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Most Essential Component in US   Transducer Probe  
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Piezoelectric effect is also known as   Pressure electric effect  
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The transducer head has a   Footprint  
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Can be a notch, a dot or a light on the probe’s head and use for orientation   Probe Marker  
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Probe that is not good for curve structures but good near field resolution   Linear Probe  
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Produces a fan like image and increase width in deeper penetration but poor near field resolution   Sector/Phased Array  
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The frequency ranges 2 to 7 MHz and perfect for abdominal scanning   Curvilinear  
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Has a small footprint with a Hz range of 5-12 MHz. Designed to fit in encocavitary spaces   Transvaginal/Endocavity  
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Controls the strength of electrical voltage   Power/Output Control  
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Allows to increase and decrease field of view   Depth  
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Adjusts overall brightness   Gain  
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Allows adjustment of brightness at a specific depth of image   TGC  
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it is placed at the depth of interest   Focal Zones  
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Allows image to be held frozen   Freeze  
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Used for moving objects on monitor   Trackball  
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Allows magnification   Zoom  
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Mode of scanning or known as Brightness Mode and use to get back to grey scale imaging from color Doppler and/or Pulsed Wave Doppler   2D Knob - B mode  
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Displayed as Measure or Cal(Calculation) on the ultrasound console   Measurement  
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Simplest form of US imaging Based on Echo Principle 1D information   A-mode or Amplifier Mode  
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If watched in a rapid sequence, they become real time images   B-mode  
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Appears in the lower half of the screen   Spectral Doppler or Pulsed Wave Doppler  
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Can be moved by operator and placed within a vessel as imaged by color doppler   Spectral Doppler or Pulsed Wave Doppler  
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Cursor line appears on the upper section of the image. Primarily to document motion   M mode or Motion mode  
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BART   Blue Away Red Towards  
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Uses a color map to display information based on frequency   Color Flow Doppler  
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Uses a color map to show distribution of power or amplitude   Power Doppler  
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What activates color flow   Color flow knob  
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Ultrasound is continuous and measures high velocities   Continuous wave doppler unit  
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Measure the speed of blood in a vessel   Pulsed Wave Doppler  
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The change of frequency of refection by a moving surface   The Doppler Effect  
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