Temporal Resolution

Question 1

Images per second or Measured in hertz

Answer 1

Frame Rate

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Temporal Resolution

Question 3

Image Width or Sector size

Answer 3

Field of View

Question 4

The ability of the system to distinguish two points in the direction perpendicular to the direction of the ultrasound beam

Answer 4

Lateral Resolution

Question 5

number of scan lines in image

Answer 5

Line Density

Question 6

the ability of an imaging system to discriminate between two adjacent high-contrast objects.

Answer 6

Spatial (Detail) Resolution

Question 7

is the minimum difference in signal strengths from adjacent

structures that allows the observer to observe the structures as separate entities

Answer 7

Contrast Resolution

Question 8

the rapid acquisition and manipulation of ultrasound information from a scanning probe by electronic circuits to enable images to be produced on monitor screens almost instantaneously

Answer 8

Real Time Image