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Ultrasound

  • Define acoustic enhancement
  • Define acoustic shadowing
  • Define anechoic
  • Describe a sound wave.
  • Describe how an ultrasound signal is generated.
  • Doppler ultrasound
  • How are wavelength (λ), velocity (v), and frequency (f) related?
  • How is an ultrasound image created?
  • In ultrasound, does increasing the transducer frequency increase or decrease the depth of penetration of the pulses?
  • In ultrasound, does increasing the transducer frequency increase or decrease the resolution?
  • In ultrasound, what is the function of time-controlled gain?
  • Is the acoustic impedance of air greater than or less than that of water?
  • Is the speed of ultrasound in air greater than or less than its speed in tissue?
  • What are A, B, and M modes?
  • What is acoustic impedance?
  • What is attenuation?
  • What is spatial resolution?
  • What is the definition of the frequency of a sound wave?
  • What is the definition of the velocity of a sound wave?
  • What is the definition of the wavelength of a sound wave?
  • What is the effect of motion on spatial resolution?
  • What is the primary difference between ultrasound imaging and other imaging?
  • What is the range of frequencies employed in transthoracic ultrasound?
  • What is ultrasound?
  • What limits our ability to image vessels with ultrasound?

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