Chapter 3
Questions
- 41. As transducer frequency increases, backscatter strength:
- A. Decreases
- B. Increases
- C. Does not change
- D. Refracts
- 42. If an echo arrives 39 µs after a pulse has been emitted, at what depth should the reflecting object be on the scan line?
- A. 3 cm
- B. 6 cm
- C. 1 cm
- D. None of the above
- 43. The Doppler shift produced by an object moving at a speed of 1 m/s toward the transducer emitting ultrasound at 2 MHz would be:
- A. 2.6 kHz
- B. 1.3 kHz
- C. 1 MHz
- D. 200 Hz
- 44. In the above example, the reflected ultrasound will have a frequency of:
- A. 2 002 600 Hz
- B. 1 998 700 Hz
- C. 1 000 000 Hz
- D. 2 MHz
- 45. Reflected ultrasound from an object moving away from the sound source will have a frequency:
- A. Higher than original sound
- B. Lower than the original sound
- C. Same as the original sound
- D. Variable, depending on source of sound and velocity of the moving object
- 46. Reflected ultrasound from an object moving perpendicular to the sound source will have a frequency:
- A. Higher than original sound
- B. Lower than the original sound
- C. Same as the original sound
- D. Variable, depending on source of sound and velocity of the moving object
- 47. Doppler shift frequency is independent of:
- A. Operating frequency
- B. Doppler angle
- C. Propagation speed
- D. Amplitude
- 48. On a continuous wave Doppler display, amplitude is represented by:
- A. Brightness of the signal
- B. Vertical extent of the signal
- C. Width of the signal
- D. None of the above
- 49. Doppler signals from the myocardium, compared with those from the blood pool, display:
- A. Lower velocity
- B. Greater amplitude
- C. Both of the above
- D. None of the above
- 50. Doing which of the following modifications to the Doppler processing will allow myocardial velocities to be recorded selectively compared with blood pool velocities?
- A. A band pass filter that allows low velocities
- B. A band pass filter that allows high amplitude signals
- C. Both
- D. Neither
- 51. If the propagation speed is 1.6 mm/µs and the pulse round trip time is 5 µs, the distance to the reflector is:
- A. 8 mm
- B. 4 mm
- C. 10 mm
- D. Cannot be determined
- 52. How long after a pulse is sent out by a transducer does an echo from an object at a depth of 5 cm return?
- A. 13 µs
- B. 65 µs
- C. 5 µs
- D. Cannot be determined
- 53. For soft tissues, the attenuation coefficient at 3 MHz is:
- A. 1 dB/cm
- B. 6 dB/cm
- C. 1.5 dB/cm
- D. 3 dB/cm
- 54. If the density of a medium is 1000 kg/m3
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