Intro to Sonography - Exam 1 Review Questions and Answers 100% Correct
qualities of a sonographer - ANSWER-intellectual curiosity, eagerness and perseverance, critical thinking, technical orientation, dexterity, physical health, self-
direction, emotional stability, communication skills, dedication
career advantages - ANSWER-respect, career options, good salary, variety in hours
career disadvantages - ANSWER-emotionally exhausting, subpar equipment, no one understands what you do, physical fatigue, injuries, depression and work - weekends, holidays and call
AIUM - ANSWER-American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
SDMS - ANSWER-Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
ASE - ANSWER-American Society of Echocardiography
SVU - ANSWER-Society of Vascular Ultrasound
ASRT - ANSWER-American Society of Radiologic Technologists
ARDMS - ANSWER-American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
ARRT - ANSWER-American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
CCI - ANSWER-Cardiovascular Credentialing International
JRC-DMS - ANSWER-Joint Review Commissin - Diagnostic Medical Sonography
CAAHEP - ANSWER-Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
Pythagorus - ANSWER-mathematian; relationship between pitch and frequency; invented sonometer
Archytas - ANSWER-defined the nature of sound
Aristotle - ANSWER-theory that sound is carried by movement of air Boethius - ANSWER-compared sound waves to ripples in water
Leonardo da Vinci - ANSWER-discovered connection between reflection and angle of incidence
Galileo - ANSWER-demonstrated that frequency of sound waves determines pitch
Sir Isaac Newton - ANSWER-theory of velocity
Robert Boyle - ANSWER-theory of elasticity of air
Lord Rayleigh - ANSWER-fundamentals of acoustics
Augustin Fresnel - ANSWER-theory of wave diffraction
Sir Francis Galton - ANSWER-inventor of ulatrasonic whistle
James Joule - ANSWER-described ferromagnetic effect
Christian Johan Doppler - ANSWER-effect of motion on sound - Doppler Effect
Jacques and Pierre Curie - ANSWER-piezoelectric effect
Paul Langevin and Constantin Chilowsky - ANSWER-sound frequency and intensity in water; hydrophone - sonar in WWll
Rokuro Uchida - ANSWER-built 1st model equipment in 1949
Yasuharu Nimura - ANSWER-application of Doppler to cardiovascular investigation in 1955
Karl Dussik - ANSWER-produced ultrasound images (A-mode - image of a reflected sound wave) in ventricles of the brain - hyperhonograms
Dr.George Ludwig - ANSWER-experiments using A-mode; reflected echoes on gallstones and foreign bodies in animal tissue
Dr.Julian Wild - ANSWER-used US to study tissue thickness; differences in thickness of
normal and cancerous tissue using echoes
John Reid - ANSWER-developed 1st B-scan tranducer 'water tip'
Dr.Douglas Howry - ANSWER-anatomical pictures of soft tissue structure; produced pulse-echo ultrasound scanner and 1st cross sectional picture (somagram)
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