SONOGRAPHY UPDATED EXAMS TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Hypoechoic - ✔✔Area with few echoes
A region where the average echogenicity is less than that in the surrounding region
✔✔Hyperechoic - ✔✔Area with many echoes
A region where the average echogenicity is greater than that in the surrounding region
✔✔Isoechoic - ✔✔A region where the average echogenicity is the same as that in the
surrounding region
✔✔Anechoic - ✔✔A region without any echoes
✔✔Cystic - ✔✔An area that is anechoic, has a smooth wall, and enhancement
✔✔Enhancement - ✔✔Term used to describe the increased number of echoes present
behind a cystic structure; also called through transmission
✔✔Solid - ✔✔An area that cannot be described as cystic and contains echoes; this
area may be hypo- or hyperechoic
✔✔Complex - ✔✔A structure that contains both cystic and solid components
, ✔✔Shadowing - ✔✔The absence or decreased number of echoes behind a strongly
attenuating structure (gallstone)
✔✔Abdominal Sonography Exam Prep - ✔✔Scheduled in early am
Patient NPO 6-8 hours
Performed prior to GI exams & endoscopic procedures
✔✔Indications in Abdominal Sonography - ✔✔Increased Liver Function Tests (LFT's)
Gallstones
Weight loss/gain
Abdominal pain or mass
Liver disease
Pancreatitis
Biliary Obstruction
✔✔Organs of Interest in Abdominal Sonography - ✔✔Liver
Kidneys
Gallbladder/BD
Pancreas
Spleen
Para-colic gutters
Bladder (if full)
✔✔Retroperitoneal Sonography Exam Prep - ✔✔Scheduled for late AM or in the PM
Full bladder required
Must be scheduled prior to VCU
✔✔Indications for Retroperitoneal Sonography - ✔✔Frequent UTI's
Flank Pain
Hydronephrosis
HTN
Hematuria
Renal Failure
✔✔Retroperitoneal Sonography Organs of Interest - ✔✔Kidneys
Bladder
Ureters
IVC/Aorta
Adrenal Glands (normally only seen in neonates)
✔✔Pelvic Sonography Exam Prep - ✔✔Full bladder
-Ultrasound is not able to "see" through air
-By filling the bladder, bowel will be pushed up allowing for visualization of the uterus
and ovaries
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Hypoechoic - ✔✔Area with few echoes
A region where the average echogenicity is less than that in the surrounding region
✔✔Hyperechoic - ✔✔Area with many echoes
A region where the average echogenicity is greater than that in the surrounding region
✔✔Isoechoic - ✔✔A region where the average echogenicity is the same as that in the
surrounding region
✔✔Anechoic - ✔✔A region without any echoes
✔✔Cystic - ✔✔An area that is anechoic, has a smooth wall, and enhancement
✔✔Enhancement - ✔✔Term used to describe the increased number of echoes present
behind a cystic structure; also called through transmission
✔✔Solid - ✔✔An area that cannot be described as cystic and contains echoes; this
area may be hypo- or hyperechoic
✔✔Complex - ✔✔A structure that contains both cystic and solid components
, ✔✔Shadowing - ✔✔The absence or decreased number of echoes behind a strongly
attenuating structure (gallstone)
✔✔Abdominal Sonography Exam Prep - ✔✔Scheduled in early am
Patient NPO 6-8 hours
Performed prior to GI exams & endoscopic procedures
✔✔Indications in Abdominal Sonography - ✔✔Increased Liver Function Tests (LFT's)
Gallstones
Weight loss/gain
Abdominal pain or mass
Liver disease
Pancreatitis
Biliary Obstruction
✔✔Organs of Interest in Abdominal Sonography - ✔✔Liver
Kidneys
Gallbladder/BD
Pancreas
Spleen
Para-colic gutters
Bladder (if full)
✔✔Retroperitoneal Sonography Exam Prep - ✔✔Scheduled for late AM or in the PM
Full bladder required
Must be scheduled prior to VCU
✔✔Indications for Retroperitoneal Sonography - ✔✔Frequent UTI's
Flank Pain
Hydronephrosis
HTN
Hematuria
Renal Failure
✔✔Retroperitoneal Sonography Organs of Interest - ✔✔Kidneys
Bladder
Ureters
IVC/Aorta
Adrenal Glands (normally only seen in neonates)
✔✔Pelvic Sonography Exam Prep - ✔✔Full bladder
-Ultrasound is not able to "see" through air
-By filling the bladder, bowel will be pushed up allowing for visualization of the uterus
and ovaries
