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A mode

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Mode of operation in which the display presents echo amplitude versus depth

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Amplification

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The process by which small voltages are increased to larger ones

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Amplifier

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A device that accomplishes amplification

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Analog

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Related to a procedure or system in which data are represented by proportional, continuously variable, physical quantities

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Analog to Digital Converter

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A device that converts voltage amplitude to a number

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B mode

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Mode of operation in which the display presents a spot of appropriate brightness for each echo received by the transducer

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B Scan

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A B mode image that represents an anatomic cross section through the scanning plane

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Bandpass Filter

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An amplifier with an electronic filter

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Beam Former

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The part of an instrument that accomplishes electronic beam scanning, apodization, steering, focusing, and aperture with arrays

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Bistable

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Having two possible states

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Bit

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Binary digit; one or zero

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Channel

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A single one or two way path for transmitting electric signals, in distinction from other parallel paths

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Cine Loop

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Sequential display of all the frames stored in memory at a controllable frame rate

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Coded Excitation

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A sophisticated form of transmission in which the driving voltage pulses have intrapulse variations in amplitude, frequency, and or phase

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Compensation

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Equalization of received echo amplitude differences caused by different attenuation’s for different reflector depths

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Compression

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Reduction in differences between small and large amplitudes. Region of high density and pressure in a compressional wave

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Contrast Resolution

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Ability of a gray scale display to distinguish between echoes of slightly different intensities

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Demodulation

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detection

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Depth gain compensation

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Synonym for compensation: Equalization of received echo amplitude differences caused by different attenuation’s for different reflector depths

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Detection

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conversion of voltage pulses from radio frequency to video form

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Digital

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Related to a procedure or system in which date are represented by numeric digits

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Digital to Analog Converter

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A device that converts a number to a proportional voltage amplitude

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Display

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A device that presents a visual image derived from voltages received from an image processor

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Dynamic Range

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Ratio of largest to smallest power that a system can handle

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Elastography
Imaging tissue stiffness by tracking movement under mechanical stress
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Flat Panel Display
A back lighted rectangular matrix of thousands of liquid crystal display elements
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Frame
A single image produced by one complete scan of the sound beam
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Frame Rate
Number of frames of echo information stored each second
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Freeze Frame
Constant display of one of the frames in memory
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Gain
Ratio of amplifier output to input electric power
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Gray Scale
Range of brightness between white and black
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Image Memory
Part of the image processor where echo information is stored in image format
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Image Processor
An electronic device that manipulates and prepares images for visual presentation
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Lateral Gain Control
Gain controls that enable different gain values to be applied laterally across an image to compensate for differing attenuation values in different anatomic regions
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M Mode
A B mode presentation of changing reflector position versus time (echocardiography)
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Panoramic Imaging
The extension of the field of view beyond the normal limits of a transducer scan plane
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Persistence
Averaging sequential frames together
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Picture archiving and Communication systems
The system provides means for electronically communicating images and associated information to work stations and devices external to the sonographic instrument, the examining room, and even the building in which the scanning is done (PACS)
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Pixel
Picture element; unit into which imaging information is divided for storage and display in a digital instrument
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Postprocessing
Image processing done after storage in the memory
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Preprocessing
Signal and image processing accomplished before storage in the memory
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Radio Frequency
Voltages representing echoes in cyclic form
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Real time
Imaging with a rapid frame sequence display
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Real time Display
A display that, with a sufficient frame rate, appears to image moving structures or a changing scan plane continuously
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Refresh Rate
The number of times each second that information is sent from the image memory to the display
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Scan line
A line produced on a display that represents ultrasonic echoes returning from the body
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Scanning
The sweeping of a sound beam through the anatomy to produce an image
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Shear Wave
A sound wave in which the particle motion is perpendicular to the direction of wave travel
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Signal
Information bearing voltages in an electric circuit
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Signal Processor
An electronic device that manipulates electric signals in preparation for appropriate presentation of information contained in them
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Spatial Compounding
Averaging of frames that view the anatomy from different angles
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Strain
The increase or decrease of the length of a segment of a material, subjected to a stress, divided by its original length
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Stess
A force per unit area applied to a material that compresses or stretches it
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Temporal Resolution
Ability to distinguish closely spaced events in time; improves with increased frame rate
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Time Gain Compensation
Equalization of echo amplitude differences caused by different attenuation's for different reflector depths
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Volume Imaging
3D imaging
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Young's modules
A measure of the hardness of a material
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