Ultrasonography

MCQ’s

1. The parameters spatial-peak, temporal-average, and pulse-average must be considered when

expressing values for ultrasound __________
a. Intensity.
b. Absorption
c. Velocity
d. Pulse rate

2. The lowest rate of ultrasound absorption occurs in:

a. Fat.
b. Air
c. Bone
d. Lung

3. The principal advantage of Han fey Lens transducer is that it provides:

a. Faster imaging
b. Better penetration
c. Variable frequency
d. Variable focal depth.

4. While doing an ultrasound scan you notice that the echoes at a depth of 4 - 6 cm appear
relatively weak. The appropriate action to increase their brightness in the image would be to
adjust the:
a. Frequency
b. Focusing
c. TGC.
d. Beam intensity

5. The effects of tissue absorption are compensated for in an ultrasound image by using:
a. Dynamic focus
b. Time-gain compensation.
c. Low-frequency transducers
d. Phased-array transducers
6. One or more ghost-images of a body structure displayed at different depths within an
ultrasound image are signs of:
a. Shadowing
b. Reverberation.
c. Refraction
d. Enhancement

7. As an ultrasound pulse moves through tissue in a patient's body_______ will not be changed.
a. Frequency.
b. Amplitude (energy)
c. Physical size
d. Intensity

8. In order to estimate the total attenuation of an ultrasound pulse passing through tissue you
would need to know all except:
a. The size of the pulse.
b. Frequency
c. Type of tissue
d. Distance

9. Changing from a 2 MHz to a 5 MHz ultrasound transducer would generally produce:

a. Faster imaging
b. Deeper penetration
c. Longer wavelengths
d. Shorter ultrasound pulses.

10. The rate at which an ultrasound pulse is attenuated as it passes through tissue is affected by:
a. The pulse amplitude
b. The pulse intensity
c. The pulse frequency.
d. Characteristics of the probe
SEQ’s
1-Define the following terms also write down the full forms of each;

a. PRF
b. PW
c. TGC
d. DGC
e. CW

2- What is pulse-echo principal? Explain its importance?

3- What are the differences in CW and PW Doppler?

4- In ultrasound a fluid-filled compartment shows two kinds of artifacts. Explain

them in detail.

5- Enlist the pitfalls of Doppler.