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What is sound?

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A form of energy

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How does sound travel?

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In waves

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What does traveling sound require?

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A medium (solid, liquid or gas)

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Speed of sound in air

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330 m/s

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Speed of sound in lungs

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500 m/s

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Speed of sound in fat

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1,450 m/s

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Speed of sound in soft tissue (average)

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1,540 m/s

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Speed of sound in the liver

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1,560 m/s

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Speed of sound in blood

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1,560 m/s

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Speed of sound in muscles

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1,600 m/s

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Speed of sound in tendons

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1,700 m/s

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Speed of sound in bones

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3,500 m/s

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Sound travels _____ in solids, _____ in liquids, and _____ in gases.

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  1. fastest
  2. slower
  3. slowest
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What is ultrasound gel and it’s purpose?

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Coupling gel:
removes the air from the path of ultrasound; sound can be transmitted into the tissue

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Who are the 5 “ultrasound forefathers”?

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Aristotle
Boethius
DaVinci
Galileo
Doppler

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What did Aristotle discover?

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350 BC - sound is carried to the ears by the movement of air (sound propagation)

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What did Boethius discover?

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524 AD - pebble theory; waves

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What did DaVinci discover?

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1500 AD - angle of reflection = angle of incidence

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What did Galileo discover?

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1638 - frequency determines pitch

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What did Doppler discover?

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1842 - pitch varies if source is moving

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Who is the “Father of Ultrasound” and what did he discover?

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Spallanzani; pulse echo location

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What is audio ultrasound?

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Sound that you can hear

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What is color ultrasound?

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Qualitative assessment of blood flow

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What is spectral ultrasound?

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Measurement of audio (until you hit the “freeze” button)

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What is the piezoelectric effect?
Converts sound into electricity and electricity into sound.
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What is inside the transducer?
crystals
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What is pulse-echo technique?
Ultrasound is pulsed; transmit and recieve
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3 imaging modes
A-mode, B-mode, M-mode
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What is A-mode?
Amplitude mode x-axis: location; depth of the returning echo y-axis: height; strength of the reflector
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What is B-mode?
Brightness mode; grayscale imaging (anechoic, hypoechoic, hyperechoic)
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What is M-mode?
Motion mode; captures the movement of structures along a single scan line represented over time x-axis: time y-axis: depth
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Real time scanners: Krause and Soldner
If you have more than 1 crystal in the transducer you can create real time ultrasound
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Define continuous wave doppler
2 crystals; one is sending and one is receiving constantly; transducer is always moving ex: searching for fetal heart tones
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Define pulse wave doppler
1 crystal; depth discrimination, choose the depth you want to sample
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Define color power
Uses amplitude; is sensitive to slow, tiny vessels does not show direction like "color"
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What is tissue harmonic imaging
Harmonics are additional frequencies; the higher the frequency the better the resolution
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Sonography specialities
Abdominal (small parts), Pediatric (neurosonography), OB/Gyn, Breast, Musculoskeletal, Vascular and Cardiac (echo)
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List the parts in abdominal sonography
-Gallbladder -Urinary bladder -Kidneys -Liver -Pancreas -Spleen -Appendix -Biliary Tree -Major Abdominal Vessels (Aorta and Inferior Vena Cava) -Abdominal wall, bowel, disphragm -Interventional Procedures
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List the parts in small parts sonography
-Thyroid -Parathyroid -Breast -Testicular/Scrotal -Prostate (performed transrectal) -Superficial lesions/masses -Interventional Procedures
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List the parts in pediatric sonography
-Neurosonography (neonatal brain, infant spine) -GI (pylorus, colon, appendix)
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List the parts in OB 1st trimester sonography
13 weeks and 6 days Performed intravaginal - most accurate for dating -Gestational Sac -Yolk Sac -Embryo -Cervix -Uterus -Ovaries -Adnexa -Interventional Procedures
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List the parts in OB 2nd/3rd trimester sonography
Performed transabdominal 20 week anatomy scan -Cervix (done transvaginal or translabial if necessary) -Placenta -Fetus -Interventional Procedures
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List the parts in Gynecology sonography
-Vaginal Canal -Cervix -Uterus (endometrium) -Ovaries -Adnexa -Fallopian Tubes (only seen if fluid/pus filled) -Cul-De-Sac -Interventional Procedures
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What is Therapeutic Ultrasound?
Used to increase blood supply to certain areas by heating the tissue to reduce healing time
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What is High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound?
HIFU-Destroys tissues such as fibroids or tumors
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What is Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound?
Enhances the echogenicity of vessels and improves border recognition
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What is Ultrasound-Guided Brachytherapy?
Uses ultrasound guidance to treat cancers with radioactive material
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What is Ultrasound Elastography?
Evaluates a mass based on stiffness to predict if the mass is malignant or benign
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What is Fusion Imaging?
Allows the ultrasound machine to communicate with the PACS system to call up previous MRI or CT Scans
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What is Intravascular Ultrasound?
Uses a miniature probe to scan the circulatory system
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What is Automated Ultrasound?
Steered by a computer system
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What is Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma? (FAST)
Offers the E.R. physician a quick and sensitive method of diagnosing abdominal trauma
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What is Minitaurization?
Miniaturization of equipment has lead to higher-definition monitors and smaller computer system housing
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What is Wireless Technology?
Allows the transducer to communicate with the ultrasound machine without a cord getting in the way
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Who is Robert Boyle?
He determined that sounds requires a medium to travel through
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What are other names for power doppler?
Color Doppler energy or power angio

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