ARDMS Breast Registry Review exam |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
with correct answers |||\\\ |||\\\
Artifact - correct answer✔✔An echo feature present or absent in a sonographic image that
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does not correspond to the presence or absence of a real structure. Eg. enhancement or
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shadowing.
Attenuation - correct answer✔✔The reduction of intensity (and amplitude) of a sound wave as
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it travels through a material. Attenuation is due to absorption, reflection, and scattering.
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Complex - correct answer✔✔A structure in the body that contains both cystic and solid
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components.
Echogenic - correct answer✔✔A structure or medium that produces echoes.
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Edge Shadowing - correct answer✔✔Decreased echo amplitude distal to the edge of a
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structure. This artifact results from refraction of the sound beam.
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Enhancement - correct answer✔✔Increased echo amplitude returning from regions lying |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
beyond an object that causes little or no attenuation of the sound beam (typically a cystic
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structure). This artifact results in a brighter than normal appearance.
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Heterogeneous - correct answer✔✔A structure that has an uneven texture (hypoechoic and |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
hyperechoic echoes throughout). Synonym - non-uniform. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Homogeneous - correct answer✔✔Smooth uniform texture |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
,Ipsilateral - correct answer✔✔On the same side. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Contrlateral - correct answer✔✔On the opposite side. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Isoechoic - correct answer✔✔Same echogenicity as another structure or the surrounding
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tissue.
Noise - correct answer✔✔Spurious echoes throughout the image.
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Real-time - correct answer✔✔The scanning and display of sonographic images at a sufficiently
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rapid rate so that moving structures can be seen to move at their natural rate. ***Frame rates
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of 15 frames per second or greater are considered real time***
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Reverberation - correct answer✔✔Artifact causing linear echoes parallel to a strong interface. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Sound "bounces" |||\\\
Ring Down - correct answer✔✔Reverb in which numerous parallel echoes are seen for a
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considerable distance. E.g. a biopsy needle. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Sensitivity - correct answer✔✔The ability to diagnose disease in a patient when disease is
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present.
Texture - correct answer✔✔The pattern of echoes seen from a mass or area of interest in the
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body.
Refractive Edge Shadowing - correct answer✔✔Bending of a sound beam and loss of sound |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
energy causing a shadow. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Mid level gray corresponds to _____ in the breast. - correct answer✔✔Fat
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,Hyperechoic describes what three structures visualized in breast sonography. - correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answer✔✔Fibroglandular tissue, Cooper's Ligament, Skin |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
What frequency transducer is optimal for breast imaging? - correct answer✔✔7.0-15.0 MHz is
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optimal for superior axial and lateral resolution while maintaining penetration to the chest
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wall. It should also be BROADBAND.
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Fixed elevation focusing represents.... - correct answer✔✔Focusing along the short axis of the
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transducer.
What design of transducer is used in breast imaging? - correct answer✔✔Linear array is
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optimal
The advantage of a rectangular image over a sector image is the avoidance of what artifact? -
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correct answer✔✔Beam divergence |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Interventional procedures are more accurately guided with a _______ __________ probe. - |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
correct answer✔✔Linear array |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
When is a curved array transducer used in breast imaging? - correct answer✔✔Pathology too
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large to fit on linear image
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Most linear transducers in breast sonography are ______ arrays. - correct answer✔✔1-D
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1-D arrays offer a fixed focus in the ________ plan (short axis) - correct answer✔✔Elevation
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1.5-D matrix array transducers have multiple elements along the _____ axis of the probe. -
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correct answer✔✔Short |||\\\ |||\\\
, 1.5-D arrays offer some electronic focusing in the __________ plane. - correct
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answer✔✔Elevation
2-D array transducers are not currently _________. - correct answer✔✔available
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Imaging depth should penetrate the chest wall-- ___ to ___ cm should be adequate - correct
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answer✔✔3, 6 |||\\\
An echo's brightness is controlled by ______ - correct answer✔✔gain
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Know overall gain, TGC, and output power - correct answer✔✔This is ultrasound elementary.
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If your image is too bright decrease the ______________. - correct answer✔✔Output power
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If your image is too dark increase the ____________. - correct answer✔✔Receiver gain
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__________ focal zones are recommended for breast imaging. - correct answer✔✔Multiple |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Multiple focal zones will decrease what? - correct answer✔✔Frame rate |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
a 7-12 MHz probe must be used to obtain an elevation focus depth of ____ to _____ cm. -
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correct answer✔✔1,2 |||\\\ |||\\\
10 MHz = _____ cm elevation plane focus - correct answer✔✔1.5
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with correct answers |||\\\ |||\\\
Artifact - correct answer✔✔An echo feature present or absent in a sonographic image that
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does not correspond to the presence or absence of a real structure. Eg. enhancement or
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shadowing.
Attenuation - correct answer✔✔The reduction of intensity (and amplitude) of a sound wave as
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it travels through a material. Attenuation is due to absorption, reflection, and scattering.
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Complex - correct answer✔✔A structure in the body that contains both cystic and solid
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components.
Echogenic - correct answer✔✔A structure or medium that produces echoes.
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Edge Shadowing - correct answer✔✔Decreased echo amplitude distal to the edge of a
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structure. This artifact results from refraction of the sound beam.
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Enhancement - correct answer✔✔Increased echo amplitude returning from regions lying |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
beyond an object that causes little or no attenuation of the sound beam (typically a cystic
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structure). This artifact results in a brighter than normal appearance.
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Heterogeneous - correct answer✔✔A structure that has an uneven texture (hypoechoic and |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
hyperechoic echoes throughout). Synonym - non-uniform. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Homogeneous - correct answer✔✔Smooth uniform texture |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
,Ipsilateral - correct answer✔✔On the same side. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Contrlateral - correct answer✔✔On the opposite side. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Isoechoic - correct answer✔✔Same echogenicity as another structure or the surrounding
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tissue.
Noise - correct answer✔✔Spurious echoes throughout the image.
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Real-time - correct answer✔✔The scanning and display of sonographic images at a sufficiently
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rapid rate so that moving structures can be seen to move at their natural rate. ***Frame rates
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of 15 frames per second or greater are considered real time***
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Reverberation - correct answer✔✔Artifact causing linear echoes parallel to a strong interface. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Sound "bounces" |||\\\
Ring Down - correct answer✔✔Reverb in which numerous parallel echoes are seen for a
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considerable distance. E.g. a biopsy needle. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Sensitivity - correct answer✔✔The ability to diagnose disease in a patient when disease is
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present.
Texture - correct answer✔✔The pattern of echoes seen from a mass or area of interest in the
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body.
Refractive Edge Shadowing - correct answer✔✔Bending of a sound beam and loss of sound |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
energy causing a shadow. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Mid level gray corresponds to _____ in the breast. - correct answer✔✔Fat
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,Hyperechoic describes what three structures visualized in breast sonography. - correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answer✔✔Fibroglandular tissue, Cooper's Ligament, Skin |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
What frequency transducer is optimal for breast imaging? - correct answer✔✔7.0-15.0 MHz is
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optimal for superior axial and lateral resolution while maintaining penetration to the chest
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wall. It should also be BROADBAND.
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Fixed elevation focusing represents.... - correct answer✔✔Focusing along the short axis of the
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transducer.
What design of transducer is used in breast imaging? - correct answer✔✔Linear array is
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optimal
The advantage of a rectangular image over a sector image is the avoidance of what artifact? -
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correct answer✔✔Beam divergence |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Interventional procedures are more accurately guided with a _______ __________ probe. - |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
correct answer✔✔Linear array |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
When is a curved array transducer used in breast imaging? - correct answer✔✔Pathology too
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large to fit on linear image
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Most linear transducers in breast sonography are ______ arrays. - correct answer✔✔1-D
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1-D arrays offer a fixed focus in the ________ plan (short axis) - correct answer✔✔Elevation
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1.5-D matrix array transducers have multiple elements along the _____ axis of the probe. -
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correct answer✔✔Short |||\\\ |||\\\
, 1.5-D arrays offer some electronic focusing in the __________ plane. - correct
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answer✔✔Elevation
2-D array transducers are not currently _________. - correct answer✔✔available
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Imaging depth should penetrate the chest wall-- ___ to ___ cm should be adequate - correct
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answer✔✔3, 6 |||\\\
An echo's brightness is controlled by ______ - correct answer✔✔gain
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Know overall gain, TGC, and output power - correct answer✔✔This is ultrasound elementary.
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If your image is too bright decrease the ______________. - correct answer✔✔Output power
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If your image is too dark increase the ____________. - correct answer✔✔Receiver gain
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__________ focal zones are recommended for breast imaging. - correct answer✔✔Multiple |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Multiple focal zones will decrease what? - correct answer✔✔Frame rate |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
a 7-12 MHz probe must be used to obtain an elevation focus depth of ____ to _____ cm. -
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correct answer✔✔1,2 |||\\\ |||\\\
10 MHz = _____ cm elevation plane focus - correct answer✔✔1.5
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