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Diagnostic ultrasound systems are:

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  • pulse echo systems

- it determines echo strength and location of echo-generating site

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echo strength=

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brightness

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what is the location determined by?

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  • arrival time

- direction of returning echoes

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what are the 4 main sections of an ultrasound instrument?

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  • beam former
  • signal processor
  • image processor
  • display
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what does the beam former work with?

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the transducer

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are we dealing with sound or voltage with the beam former?

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voltage

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transmission channels

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each path to each individual element is a channel

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reception channels

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each path from each individual element is a reception channel

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what are the components of the transmitter?

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  • master synchronizer
  • pulser
  • pulse delays
  • transmit/receive switch
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what are the components of the receiver?

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  • amplifier
  • analog-to-digital converters
  • echo delays
  • summer
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what is the master synchronizer?

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  • coordinates the entire system

- tells the pulser when to fire

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why does the master synchronizer wait for the echo to come back before firing the next pulse?

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prevents range ambiguity

AKA echo-misplacement

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what is range ambiguity?

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incorrect placement of echo along scan line

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what is the pulser?

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produces electric voltages that drive the transducer

-in response transducer produces ultrasound pulse

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Fvoltage=

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Fpulse, Fo

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what does Fo range from for most applications?

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2-20 MHz

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PRFvoltage=

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PRFpulse

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why does the PRF voltage equal the PRF pulse?

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for each voltage pulse one ultrasound pulse is generated

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what are the units for f?

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MHz

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20
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what are the units for PRF?

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KHz

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what are the typical values for PRFvoltage? (2D)

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4-15 KHz

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what are the typical values for PRF pulse? (doppler)

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5-30 KHz

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when is PRF operator controlled?

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doppler

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Why is PRF not operator controlled in grayscale?

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it is automatic

-depth of image will determine PRF (indirect control)

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what happens for deeper images?
- echoes take longer to return - PRF goes down - Frame rate goes down
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instrument automatically achieves the highest ____
PRF
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what happens if we go over 77 cm/ms?
an artifact will occur
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what happens to the PRF in 2D if depth is increased by 4x?
decrease by 4x
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what does 2D/grayscale automatically do?
accommodates depth
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the power or strength of the beam entering the tissue is __________
closely related to intensity
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stronger voltage =
stronger pulse
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can the pulser be controlled?
yes
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how do we control pulser?
"output" dial on some machines | -displayed in dB/%
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what are pulse delays?
- decide how many elements/crystals are involved | - decide which ones to fire and when
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what are pulse delays involved in?
- sequencing arrays - phasing and steering - electronic focusing - dynamic aperture control - apodization - coded excitation
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what are sequencing arrays?
multiple blocks of sound, each producing a scan line
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what is phasing and steering?
microsecond delays between element firings
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what is electronic focusing?
- Curved delay pattern send sound beam to a focal point | - Adjusting the delay places focus closer or farther away
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what is dynamic aperture control?
pulser+pulse delays | decides the width of our aperture
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what is apodization?
pulser+pulse delays - Decreasing the strength to outer elements - Reduction of grating lobes in arrays
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what is coded excitation?
normally send one pulse per scan line (ensemble length=1) or can send multiple pulses per scan line (esemble length=3-30)
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what is another way coded excitation can be used?
send 1 pulse, wait, then 2 cycle pulse, wait, e.t.c
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what does coded excitation involve?
decoder in beam former
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what helps in avoiding range ambiguity?
decoder in coded excitation
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what does coded excitation allow for?
- multiple foci - spatial compounding - increased penetration - increasing contrast resolution - B-flow imaging
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what is B flow imaging?
multiple pulses are sent down the same scan line and decoder stacks the received echoes (constructive interference)
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what does constructive interference do?
- overall higher intensity echo | - makes weak echoes seem brighter
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what does increased sensitivity do?
able to pick up weaker echoes
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how is B flow different than B mode?
picking up very weak echoes (the blood cells themselves)
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what is the purpose of the pulser?
provides the voltage
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what is the purpose of pulse delays?
decides how many elements are involved and which ones to fire and when (linear sequencing, phasing, e.t.c)
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what type of signals are amplifiers used to receiving?
weaker signals
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what will happen if the amplifier receives a high signal?
receiving the stronger voltage from the pulser/pulse delays results in the overload of the amplifier
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what is the purpose of the T/R regards to amplifiers?
it protects the amplifiers from the outgoing voltage
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what does an amplifier do?
returning echo is a mechanical wave and the transducer converts it into an electrical signal and voltage travels to the amplifier
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what does the power ratio equal?
gain (dB)
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what is amplification opposite of?
attenuation
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what do amplifiers allow for?
- amplification (gain) | - compensation (TCG)
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what is the attenuation in soft tissue?
0.5 dB/cm MHz (one way)
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lateral gain compensation
for adjacent structures that have different attenuation
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what is a drawback to amplification?
weaker echoes from the electric current result in a grainier signal
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analog-to-digital converters
voltage to numbers
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echo delays
same as pulse delays | THESE ARE DIGITAL DELAT LINES NOW
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summer (adder)
signals added together as a scan line
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reception apodization
reducing the returning voltages on the peripheral of the transducer
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what are the functions of the beam former?
- generating pulses that drive the transducer - determining PRF - coding - frequency and intensity - scanning, focusing and apodizing the transmitting beam - amplifying the returning echo voltages - compensating for attenuation - digitizing the echo voltage stream - directing, focusing, and apodizong the reception beam
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Which part of the beam former function does the Pulser perform?
- generates voltage pulses - sets the PRF - controls power
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How many cycles are produced by the electric voltages?
2/3 cycles per pulse
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What determines the frequency of the resulting ultrasound pulse?
The frequency of the voltage pulse/transducer element thickness
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why is a transmission channel required?
for a more precise control over the beam characteristics
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What does the Transmit/ Receive switch do?
Directs voltage pulses and the delays to the transducer during transmission and then directs echo voltages from the transducer to the amplifier during reception
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The ultrasound PRF is equal to the __________PRF of the pulser.
voltage
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TGC
Corrects for tissue attenuation
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gain
Increases all amplitudes
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analog
porportional
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digital
discrete (numbers)
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what does TGC compensate for?
attenuation

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