Technology for Diagnostic Sonography. Study Guide and Laboratory Exercises

Description

Gain a firm foundation for sonography practice! Corresponding to the chapters in Hedrick's Technology for Diagnostic Sonography, this study guide focuses on basic concepts to help you master sonography physics and instrumentation. It includes laboratory exercises designed to teach you how to operate a scanner, and comprehensive review questions allow you to assess your knowledge. Not only will you learn the theoretical knowledge that is the basis for ultrasound scanning, but also the practical skills necessary for clinical practice.

Key Features

• Laboratory exercises teach you the function of operator controls and how to optimize image quality and practice ALARA, and include step-by-step instructions for scanner operation, for hands-on application and practice.
• 250 review questions help you assess your understanding of sonography physics and instrumentation, and identify areas of knowledge that may need further study.
• Key Points at the beginning of each chapter emphasize the most important sonography principles that you need to understand and apply.

Table of Contents

Section I: Fundamental Concepts

1. Properties of Sound Waves
2. Interactions of Ultrasound with Tissue
3. Intensity
4. Single Element Transducers: Properties
5. Single Element Transducers: Transmission and Echo Reception
6. Static Imaging
7. Image Formation in Real-Time Ultrasound
8. Real-Time Ultrasound Transducers
9. Real-Time Ultrasound Instrumentation
10. Digital Signal and Image Processing
11. Image Quality in Real-Time Ultrasound
12. Real-Time Image Artifacts
13. Doppler Physics and Instrumentation
14. Pulsed-Wave Doppler Spectral Analysis
15. Doppler Imaging
16. M-Mode
17. Clinical Safety
18. Performance Testing

• Appendix A: Computer
• Appendix B: Hemodynamics
• Appendix C: Contrast Agents

Section II: Laboratory Exercises

• Lab 1 Display Depth, Frame Rate, Freeze Frame, Cine Loop
• Lab 2 Overall Gain and Output Power
• Lab 3 Time Gain Compensation
• Lab 4 Frequency and Penetration
• Lab 5 Transmit Focus
• Lab 6 Magnification (Write Zoom)
• Lab 7 Dynamic Range
• Lab 8 Persistence
• Lab 9 Gray-Scale Mapping
• Lab 10 Distance and Area Measurements
• Lab 11 Doppler Controls I
• Lab 12 Doppler Controls II
• Lab 13 Doppler Angle to Flow
• Lab 14 Nyquist Limit and Aliasing
• Lab 15 Color Controls I
• Lab 16 Color Controls II
• Lab 17 Application Presets
• Lab 18 Tissue-Mimicking Pphantom

Section III: Review Tests

• Review Questions
• Answers to Review Questions with Explanations
• Glossary of Key Terms

Author Information

Wayne R. Hedrick, PhD, Professor, Medical Radiation Biophysics, College of Medicine, Northeastern Ohio University, Rootstown, OH, USA; Certified Diagnostic Radiological and Medical Nuclear Physicist, Aultman Hospital, Canton, OH, USA
Paul R. Wagner, BS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, Program Director, Diagnostic Medical SonographySouth Hills School of Business and TechnologyState College, Pennsylvania