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What does the scan converter do?

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It writes data to memory/pixel (“picture element”)

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What are two types of scan converters?

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  1. Analog→continuous
  2. Digital→Discrete steps (with clock)
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What are some examples of a analog scan converter?

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  • Actual BP
  • Tidal volume
  • EKG
  • Acutal body temperature
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What is the scan converter directly related to?

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The nyquist limit

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What does the nyquist limit mean?

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“speed limit”

It is the highest Doppler frequency or velocity that can be measured without the appearance of aliasing.

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Formula for nyquist limit is:

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Nyquist limit (Hz)=PRF (Hz)/2

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What are two ways to avoid aliasing?

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  1. Raise the nyquist limit
  2. Reduce the Doppler shift
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What happens when the sample volume is deep?

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The PRF is low and the Nyquist limit is low.

  • Velocity is sampled fewer times each second, and the system is unable to accurately measure high velocities.
  • Deeper sample volumes have a lower pulse repetition frequency and create aliasing.
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What happens when the sample volume is shallow?

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The PRF is high, velocity is sampled many times each second, and the Nyquist limit is high.

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Sampling always needs to be…..

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greater or equal to 2x per cycle.

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What does the scan converter subsitute?

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It substitutes high frequency for low frequency.

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How is digital format demonstrated?

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It is demonstrated by bits and pixels.

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What is the basic storage device?

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“bit”

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What are the 2 levels for a bit?

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On & off/

(0 or 1)

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What does n equal?

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n=#bits

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what does 2n equal?

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The number of combinations.

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What does the scan converter convert from?

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It converts from binary (base 2) to decimal (base 10) and vice versa;

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What is interpolation?

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It is a method of constructing new stimulated data points to fill in the gaps.

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What does the scan converter allow you to do?

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Read/write zoom

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What is the goal of fill-in interpolation?

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To fill in the gaps of missing data in a way that cannot be detected by the observer.

It is a form of preprocessing.

It improves visibility to see around the boarders of round structures.

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Describe Write:

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Image you get before you freeze.

It is clear.

It zooms to an area of interest and writes to full SC matrix.

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Describe read:

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Image you get after you freeze.

It is blurry.

Read from SC matrix only. Area of interest after “freeze”

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What is pre-processing?
It is conditioning prior to storing in SC
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What is post-processing?
Conditioning after storing in SC
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What are some output devices?
* Montior * Raster,interlaced * Hardcopy * Digital storage
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What are some recording techniques?
* Multiimage camera * Video tape * SVHS * VHS
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How many lines does SVHS have?
400
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How many lines does VHS have?
200
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What does the monitor do?
It interlaces which increases frame build up.
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If you **write** an image from the transducer to memory what kind of interlacing is yield?
Vertical
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If you **read** the image from memory to the monitor what type of interlacing will you yield?
Raster
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What does a Roster scan do?
It converts vertically collected data.
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What is the rastor scan problem?
Frametime= 1/30 sec.
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What is the inverse of time?
frequency
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1/ (1/30)=
30 Hz
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When can the eyes detect changes?
\<60 Hz which is called the strobe effect.
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Gray scale imaging was initially made possible with the use of what?
Scan converters
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What do scan converters do?
FIrst store information and later display it.
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What is the storage image information in the scan converter called?
Writing.
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What is called when the image data is transfered from the scan converter for display on the monitor?
Read.
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What does the scan converter translate the infromation to and from?
It translates infromation from the spoke formate into the video format.
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How were scan converted originally constructed?
From analog technology.
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Modern\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ scan converters use computer technology.
Digital.
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What was the first type of scan converter and made gray scale imaging possible?
Analog scan converter
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What are the advantages of digital scan converters?
* Uniformity * Stability * Durability * Speed * Accuracy
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What are the two important elements of digital scan converters?
1. Pixel 2. Bit
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What is the smallest building block of a digital picture?
Pixel.
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What is a bit?
It is the smallest amount of computer memory.
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A byte is a group of....
eight bits
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A word of computer memory consists of.....
two bytes or bits
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What is prepocessing?
It is the manipulation of image data before storage in the scan converter.
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What is postprocessing?
It is the manipulation of image data after storage.
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What does the amplifer do?
It corrects for amplitude loses with attenuation. It raises all echo signals proportionally.
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What is demodulation?
It is the process of extracting the low doppler frequency from the transducer's carrier frequency.
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What does the demodulator do signals?
It seperates phased shifted signals into two parts.
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What does mixing a demodulator to a baseband do?
It changes into a range humans can hear. 20 Hz to 20 Khz
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What do wall filters do?
They eliminate **low** frequencies associated with **slow** moving objects.
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What is the doppler equation ?
Fd=(2)(v)(f0)(cosø)/C Fd=doppler shift f0= transducer frequency v=velocity ø= angle of insonation c= spped of US in soft tissue
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How do the speaks present themselves?
One speaker displays forward flow. One speaker displays reverse flow.
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How do the speakers aid in learning?
* Begin eith normal patients * listen to signal * Correlate to on screen waveform * Confirm * Profress to abnormal patients
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What is Fast Fourier Transformation bins?
It is a mathematical technique for separating spectrum of fd to descrete velocity bins.
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What is the frequency porporitonal to?
velocity
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What is the amount of frequency porpotional to?
Gray scale brightness
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What is an artifact?
It is not a 1-to-1 correspondence between image and object being scanned.
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What is the assumptions of an artifact?
The reflector lies along the thin beam line.
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What is echo porportional to?
echogenicity of objects. related to impedance.
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What are the 3 classifications of attenuation?
1. Locational 2. Attentuation 3. Doppler
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What are the type of locational artifacts?
1. Speed error 2. Refraction 3. Reverberation 4. Grating lobe/side lobe 5. Mirror image 6. Multiple reflections 7. Slice thickness artifact
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Describe locational speed error
should be 1540 m/s. if less→shallower than actual if greater→deeper than actual
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Describe location refraction?
It occurs when a sound wave strikes a boundary that has a different progragation speed. 2° media of different Z→Snell's law
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Describe locational reverbation:
Appears on the display as multiple,equally spaced echoes caused by the bouncing of the sound wave between two strong reflectors positioned parallel to the ultrasound beam.
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What are the two types of reverberation?
1. Comet Tail→Anatomic structure 2. Ring down→Gas bubbles
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What is the solution of locational grating lobe?
Apodization which reduces power/energy delivered to outer elements.
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What does a mirror image need?
A mirror. e.g. tibia
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What is slice thickness artifact?
Its when the transducer picks up outer curvature of bladder in elevation plane which looks like sludge/thrombus.
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What are some formes of attentuation?
* Shadowing * below highly attenuating structures * e.g. bone, dense tissue * Enhancement (brightening) * blwo lowly attenuating structures * e.g. full bladder, fluid filled cysts.
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What happens if the nyquist samples \<2x the during a cycle?
* Loss of increased frequencies * "wrap-around" effect * "Apparent" reversal of flow.
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How should you avoid wrap around
* Increase velocity scale * Decrease baseline * Decrease frequency probe * Increase 90° * Use higher PRF mode
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How do you avoid NL aliasing?
* Increase PRF
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Equation for PRF?
PRF=1/PRP
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How do you get a shallower sample depth?
* Decrease PRP * Increase PRF * Increase NL
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What is grating lobe?
It happens when there is energy outside of the beam.
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