INTRO TO SONO BASIC PRINCIPLES AND KNOBOLOGY EXAM WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
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INTRO TO SONO BASIC PRINCIPLES AND KNOBOLOGY
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INTRO TO SONO BASIC PRINCIPLES AND KNOBOLOGY
Acoustic gel - ACCURATE ANSWERS substance used to permit the transmission of sound into the human body; also referred to as the coupling gel or ultrasound gel
Acoustic power - ACCURATE ANSWERS control that relates to the amount of energy the transducer is emitting into the patient
Acoustic wi...
INTRO TO SONO BASIC PRINCIPLES
AND KNOBOLOGY
INTRO TO SONO BASIC PRINCIPLES AND KNOBOLOGY EXAM WITH GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Acoustic gel - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ substance used to permit
the transmission of sound into the human body; also referred to as the
coupling gel or ultrasound gel
Acoustic power - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ control that relates to the
amount of energy the transducer is emitting into the patient
Acoustic window (sonographic window) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
optimal locations on the body for placement of the ultrasound transducer
to demonstrate both normal anatomy and pathology; the best image
acquired by manipulating and placing the ultrasound transducer in the
most favorable position; some organs can provide a better acoustic
window for improved viewing of adjacent anatomy
, Amplitude mode (A-mode) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ ultrasound
display in which the depth of the returning echo was represented on the
x-axis, while the strength (amplitude) of the reflector was represented
along the y-axis
Annotation keys - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ letters of the keyboard
that allows for the labeling of images; similar to the display on a
computer keyboard
B-color - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ colorizes the grayscale of the
image
Body marker - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ tool used for labeling
different anatomic structures or for identifying where the transducer is
placed on a body part
Brightness mode (B-mode) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ ultrasound
display in which a dot with varying degrees of brightness is used on the
screen; the stronger the returning echo, the brighter the dot; also referred
to as grayscale sonography
Caret - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ the transmit zone indicator
Cine loop - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ a collection of image frames
stored temporarily in the system's memory before the image is frozen
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