SPI Review Flashcards

(100 cards)

1
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reciprical of .001

A

1000

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2
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reciprical of 1/10

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10

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3
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how much bigger is one billion than one thousand

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1,000,000

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what happens to the period of a wave as it proagates

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it remains the same

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as sound travels through a medium what term descrives the effects of the meduim on the sound wave

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acoustic propagation properties

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what is the unit for the speed of ultrasound in soft tissue

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m/s (1.54)

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what is the freq of a wave with 1msec period

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1khz

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what is the distance covered by one cycle

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wavelength

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which of the following is determinded by the source and the medium? freq, period, prop speed, or range resolution

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range resolution

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a sound waves freq is 10MHz. The wave is traveling in soft tissue. What is the wavelength?

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0.15 mm

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what happens to the speed of sound in a medium when the bulk modulus of the medium increase

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faster

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12
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if the level of an acoustic variable ranges from 55 to 105, what is the amplitude

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25

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13
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if the intensity of a sound beam remains unchanged while the beam area is reduced in half. what has happened to the power

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halved

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14
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what is the minimum value of duty factor

A

0%

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what happens to the speed of sound in a medum when the bulk modulus of the medium decreses

A

slower

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16
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sound intensity is decreased by 75%. how many decibels of attenuation is this

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6db

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17
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if a 5MHz sound wave is traveling in the russues listed below, which will have the longest wavelength? fat, air, muscle, bone

A

bone

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18
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what is the approxomate attenuation coefficient of 1

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0.5dB/cm

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ipedance is the ____ of _______ and ________

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product, prpagation speed, density

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for soft tissue, the approximate attenuation coefficient in dB/cm is equeal to 1/2 _____ in _________

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freq, MHz

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21
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as the impendances of 2 media become vastly different the

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reflection increases

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22
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the angle between an US pulse and the boundry between two madia is 56 degrees, this is called

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oblique incidence

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23
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refraction only occurs if there are

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obligue incidence and diff propagation speeds

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24
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with normal incidence what factors affect refraction of US? propagation speeds, frequencies, attenuation coefficients, none of the above

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non of the above

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true or false, with right angle incidence, reflections are alwayus generated at a boundry if the propagation speeds of the media are different
false
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________ is a redirection of US in many directions uniformly as a result of rough boundary between 2 media
rayleigh scattering
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under which of the following conditions is axial res umproved? decreased spatial pulse length, decreased pulse amplitude, decreased imaging depth, decreased pixel size, decreased beam diameter
decreased spatial pulse length
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the most likely amount of refelction at a boundry between soft tussies is? 1%, 22%, 34%, 99%
1%
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the most typical amount of transmission at a boundary in biologic media is? 1%, 22%, 34%, 99%
99%
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sound is traceling from medium 1 to medium 2, propagation speeds of M1 and M2 are 1,600m/s and 1,500m/s, there is oblique incidence
angle of incidence = angle of refelction
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t or f, doppler shifts always occur if the sound source and receiver are in motion
f
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which of the following is associated with power mode doppler? poor temporal resolution and flash artifact, lower sensitivity and good temporal resolution, high sensiticity and high frame rates, flash artifact and reduced sensitity, good temporal resolution and flash artifact
poor temporal res and flash artifact
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the doppler shift is a measure of
difference between incident and refelcted freq
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in an analog scan concerter what component stores the image data
dielectric matrix
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t or f, shadowing may result from high amounts of reflection of US energy
t
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typical vaule of a period
.06 to .5 micro sec
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period is
the time to complete a single cycle, start of one cycle to start of the next, units are time
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frequency is
number of certain events that occur in a particular time duration
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typical freq in US
2MHz to 15MHz
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US freq
> 20,000Hz
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audable
20Hz to 20,000Hz
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infrasound
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amplitude
the difference between the average value and the max value of an acoustic variable
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units of amplitude
those of the acoustic variables
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power
the rate that work is perfomred or the rate of energy transfer
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units for power
watts
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rlationship between power and amplitude
power is proportional to the waves amplitude squared
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intenisty
the concetration of energy in a sound beam
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how to calculate intensity
the beams power divided by the beams cross sectional area
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units of intensity
watts/cm squared
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intensity is directly related and proportional to
power
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how to calculate intensity
amplitude squared
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what is the lenghth or distance of a single cycle
wavelength
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wavelength is determined by
both the sound source and the medium
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typical value of wavelength in soft tissue
o.1 to 0.8 mm
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how to calculate wavelength
wavelength = prop speed / freq
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average speed of sound in soft tissue
1.54km/s = 1.540m/s = 1.54mm/micro sec
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sound in a slow medium as a ______ wavelength
short
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sound in a fast medium as a _______ wavelength
long
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bulk modulus is the same as
stiffness
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equeation for speed
speed = freq x wavelength
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if the intensity remains the same while the power is doubled, what happends to the beam area
doubled
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which of the following waves will have the shortest wavelength? low freq in a fast medium, low freq in a slow medium, high freq in a fast medium, high freq in a slow medium
high freq in a slow medium
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a collection of cycles that travel together
pulse
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the time from the start of a pulse to the end of that pulse (actual time that that pulse is on)
pulse duration
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typical valuse of pulse duration in US
0.5 to 3 micro secs
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in US a pulse is comprised of _______ cycles
2 to 4 cycles
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pulse duration equation
of cycles in a pulse x perior or of cycles in a pulse / freq (MHz)
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pulse repetition period is
time from the sart of one pulse to the start of the next pulse
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typical values for PRP
100 micro sec to 1 msec
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PRP is directly related to
imaging depth
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PRF is
the number of pulses that occur in one sec, unit is Hz
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typical PRF valuse in US
1 to 10kHz
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PRF is inversly related to
imaging depth
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duty factor is
the % of time that the system transmits sound
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shallow imaging
high PRF high duty factor short PRP
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deep imaging
low PRF low duty factor long PRP
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spatial pulse length is
the length or distance that an entire pulse occupies in space. The distance from the start to the end of one pulse
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spatial pulse length determines ________ resolution
axial | shorter pulses create higher quality images
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typical value for spatial pulse length
0.1 to 1mm
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def of intensity
the concentration of power in a beam
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peak
max value
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average
mean value
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spatial
distance or space
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temporal
all time, transmit and receive
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pulse
only time pulse exists, transmit time
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most important intensity regarding bioeffects
SPTA
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_______ can be reported in various ways in respect to time and space
intensities
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intensity in the key parameter in regards to
bio effects
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3dB is ___ bigger
two times bigger
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10dB is _____ bigger
ten times bigger
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a signals power increases from 1 watt to 100 watts, express in dB
100dB
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100% pwer with 0dB change setting to 25% what are the dB
-6dB
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unit for attenuation
dB
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total attenuation increases with
higher freq and longer path length
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three componenets of attenuation
reflection absortion scattering
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attenuation in ______ is similar to soft tissue
blood
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types of reflection
specular-smooth surface, back in one direction diffuse or backscatter-rough boundry same size as wavelength rayleigh- irregular boudary smaller than wavelength
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rayleigh scattering
chaotically redirected in all directions, higher freq more rayleigh, related to freq
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what would cause rayleigh scattering
red blood cell