Pulse- Echo Instumentation Flashcards

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Amplification

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  • also known as receiver gain
  • Gain- Ratio of amplifier output to input electrical power
  • Increases amplification at all depths (entire image is brighter)
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Analog

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  • relating to or using signals or information represented by a continuously variable physical quantity such as spatial position or voltage.
  • the transducer sends analog electrical signals
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Analog-to-Digital Converter

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In Beam former; converts voltage amplitude to a number; analog to digital suitable for computer memory

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Beam Former

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  • Determines focus, shape and steer of the beam for array transducers
  • Steers, shapes during transmission
  • Focuses electronically during reception
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5
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Bistable

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an electronic circuit that has two stable states.

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Bit

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a small piece, part, or quantity of something.

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Cathode-ray tube (CRT)

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Image display device

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Coded Excitation

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resolution enhancement compression (REC), which allow the axial resolution and bandwidth of the imaging system to be enhanced [1]. In addition to improvements in terms of axial resolution, the REC technique has the typical coded excitation and pulse compression benefits, such as deeper penetration due to improvement in echo signal-to-noise ratio

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Compensation/TGC/DGC

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  • Increases amplification at varying depths
  • Portions of the image become brighter
  • Used to make image uniformly bright from top to bottom
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Compression/Dynamic Range

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  • Ratio of the largest to the smallest amplitude or power that a system can handle is called Dynamic Range
  • Compression decreases the difference between the largest and the smallest voltages or echo amplitudes
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11
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Contrast Resolution

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is the ability to distinguish between differences in intensity in an image

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12
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Demodulation

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  • makes image suitable for display

- Conversion of echo voltages from radio frequency (RF) to video form

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13
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Depth Gain Compensation

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  • Increases amplification at varying depths
  • Portions of the image become brighter
  • Used to make image uniformly bright from top to bottom
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14
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Digitial-to-analog converter

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In Image Processor; Converts processed digital image data into analog signals suitable for the TV video display

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15
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Dynamic Range

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  • Ratio of the largest to the smallest amplitude or power that a system can handle is called Dynamic Range
  • Compression decreases the difference between the largest and the smallest voltages or echo amplitudes
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16
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Frame Rate

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the number of sonographic images stored into memory per second

17
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Gain

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ratio of amplifier output to input electrical power

18
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Gray Scale

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  • a range of gray shades from white to black

- postprocessing

19
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Image Memory/Scan Converter

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  • Temporarily stores images during scanning, for viewing and recording
  • Performs scan conversion, enabling the image data to be viewed on video monitors
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Image Processer

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  • any form of signal processing for which the input is an image
  • scan conversion
  • preprocessing
  • storage of image frames
  • postprocessing
21
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Persistence

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  • the continued or prolonged existence of something.

- preprocessing

22
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PACS

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  • Picture archiving and communications systems
  • Used with digital imaging modes
  • Allows electronic images to be sent to work stations and external memory and storage (even off-site)
23
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PostProcessing

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Done after scan converter memory

-can be done on a frozen image

24
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PreProcessing

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before (pre-) Scan Converter memory

-cannot be done on a frozen image

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Real-Time

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  • each frame is created and displayed quickly, giving the impression of constant motion; “movie”-like
  • the actual time during which a process or event occurs.
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Real-Time Display

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each frame is created and displayed quickly, giving the impression of constant motion; “movie”-like

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Scan Converter / Image Memory

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  • Temporarily stores images during scanning, for viewing and recording
  • Performs scan conversion, enabling the image data to be viewed on video monitors
28
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Signal Processer

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  • includes filtering, detection, and compression

- receives digitized echo voltages from the beam former.

29
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Spatial Compounding

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averaging of frames that view anatomy from different angles

30
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Temporal Resolution

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the ability to distinguish closely timed events as separate events; and to correctly display rapidly moving structures

31
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Time Gain Compensation

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  • Increases amplification at varying depths
  • Portions of the image become brighter
  • Used to make image uniformly bright from top to bottom