Study Guide and Laboratory Exercises for Technology for Diagnostic Sonography

<p>Section I: Fundamental Concepts</p> <p>1. Properties of Sound Waves </p> <p>2. Interactions of Ultrasound with Tissue</p> <p>3. Intensity </p> <p>4. Single Element Transducers: Properties</p> <p>5. Single Element Transducers: Transmission and Echo Reception</p> <p>6. Static Imaging</p> <p>7. Image Formation in Real-Time Ultrasound </p> <p>8. Real-Time Ultrasound Transducers</p> <p>9. Real-Time Ultrasound Instrumentation </p> <p>10. Digital Signal and Image Processing</p> <p>11. Image Quality in Real-Time Ultrasound</p> <p>12. Real-Time Image Artifacts </p> <p>13. Doppler Physics and Instrumentation</p> <p>14. Pulsed-Wave Doppler Spectral Analysis</p> <p>15. Doppler Imaging </p> <p>16. M-Mode</p> <p>17. Clinical Safety</p> <p>18. Performance Testing</p> <p>Appendix A: Computer</p> <p>Appendix B: Hemodynamics</p> <p>Appendix C: Contrast Agents</p> <p>Section II: Laboratory Exercises</p> <p>Lab 1 Display Depth, Frame Rate, Freeze Frame, Cine Loop</p> <p>Lab 2 Overall Gain and Output Power</p> <p>Lab 3 Time Gain Compensation</p> <p>Lab 4 Frequency and Penetration</p> <p>Lab 5 Transmit Focus</p> <p>Lab 6 Magnification (Write Zoom)</p> <p>Lab 7 Dynamic Range</p> <p>Lab 8 Persistence</p> <p>Lab 9 Gray-Scale Mapping</p> <p>Lab 10 Distance and Area Measurements</p> <p>Lab 11 Doppler Controls I </p> <p>Lab 12 Doppler Controls II</p> <p>Lab 13 Doppler Angle to Flow</p> <p>Lab 14 Nyquist Limit and Aliasing</p> <p>Lab 15 Color Controls I</p> <p>Lab 16 Color Controls II</p> <p>Lab 17 Application Presets</p> <p>Lab 18 Tissue-Mimicking Pphantom</p> <p>Section III: Review Tests</p> <p>Review Questions</p> <p>Answers to Review Questions with Explanations</p> <p>Glossary of Key Terms</p>