Digital Imaging And Ultrasound Quiz

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Quiz based around Ultrasound Imaging devices, their components, and uses.

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1.

Ultrasound Imaging, which involves exposing part of the body to high-frequency sound waves to produce pictures of the inside of the body, is also known as what?
- A.
  
  Intonography
- B.
  
  Resonography
- C.
  
  Sonography
- D.
  
  Harmonography
2.

Ultrasound exams are captured in real-time, using ionizing radiation to show the structure and movement of the patient's internal organs.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

Certain ultrasound machines are capable of Doppler Ultrasound, a special ultrasound technique that evaluates blood flow through a blood vessel, including the patient's major arteries and veins. Which of the following is NOT a type of Doppler Ultrasound?
- A.
  
  Color Doppler
- B.
  
  Phase Doppler
- C.
  
  Power Doppler
- D.
  
  Spectral Doppler
4.

The small hand-held device that resembles a microphone, attached to the scanner by a cord, that sends out high frequency sound waves into the body and then listens for the returning echoes from the tissues in the body is called a Transducer.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
5.

Ultrasound is especially useful for penetrating the outer surface of bony structures and visualizing the internal structures of what lies within.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

Though he was not the first person to use sonography for medical purposes, who is generally known as the father of medical ultrasound?
- A.
  
  John Wild
- B.
  
  George Ludwig
- C.
  
  Ralph Joseph Holmes
- D.
  
  Geoff Stevenson
7.

What is another word for the ultrasound term Anechoic, which means "echo free"?
- A.
  
  Echogenic
- B.
  
  Isoechoic
- C.
  
  Sonolucent
- D.
  
  Homogeneous
8.

After the sinking of the Titanic, Paul Langevin invented the hydrophone to detect icebergs. It was a device that was able to send and then receive low frequency sound waves. This was a early version of an ultrasound component called the ________.
9.

Typical diagnostic sonographic scanners operate in the frequency range of 1 to 18.....?
- A.
  
  Hertz
- B.
  
  Kilohertz
- C.
  
  Megahertz
- D.
  
  None of the above
10.

A technique for producing higher-quality, and more easy-to-diagnose images, which is available on some ultrasound equipment is called: Speckle Reduction
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False