ARDMS Breast Registry Review Ch. 2 Exam Questions With Verified Answers

ARDMS Breast Registry Review Ch. 2 Exam Questions With Verified Answers What frequency transducer is optimal for breast imaging? - answer7.0-15.0 MHz is optimal for superior axial and lateral resolution while maintaining penetration to the chest wall. It should also be BROADBAND. Fixed elevation focusing represents.... - answerFocusing along the short axis of the transducer. What design of transducer is used in breast imaging? - answerLinear array is optimal The advantage of a rectangular image over a sector image is the avoidance of what artifact? - answerBeam divergence Interventional procedures are more accurately guided with a _______ __________ probe. - answerLinear array When is a curved array transducer used in breast imaging? - answerPathology to large to fit on linear image Most linear transducers in breast sonography are ______ arrays. - answer1-D 1-D arrays offer a fixed focus in the ________ plan (short axis) - answerElevation 1.5-D matrix array transducers have multiple elements along the _____ axis of the probe. - answerShort 1.5-D arrays offer some electronic focusing