SONOGRAPHY UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● ultrasound
Answer: _______: refers to sound that is well above the human range of
hearing that is used in medicine to diagnose and assess healthy and
abnormal structures, vessels, or organs inside the body.
●● sonography
Answer: in diagnostic imaging, _______ is the preferred term to
describe the use of sound in the range of 1 to 20 MHz or greater for
patient imaging.
●● transducer
Answer: sonography equipment creates waves of energy when an
electrical voltage is applied to the ceramic element housed inside the
_______
●● receiver
Answer: the transducer acts as a _______ that processes the echoes
returning from inside the body.
, ●● composite
Answer: the received echoes within the body create a ______ image that
is displayed in real time on a monitor to be viewed, saved, and stored.
●● greater
Answer: lower frequency transducers permit ______ penetration for
imaging organs such as the liver.
●● sharper
Answer: higher frequency transducers allow a ______ image for
superficial structures such as breast tissue.
●● general, echocardiography, and vascular
Answer: diagnostic sonography has what three major imaging specialty
areas?
●● obstetrics and pediatrics
Answer: sonography is a preferred modality for imaging in _______ and
________ b/c it can be performed quickly and effectively to obtain a
diagnosis and does not use ionizing radiation.
●● military
Answer: medical applications for imaging emerged from the _______
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● ultrasound
Answer: _______: refers to sound that is well above the human range of
hearing that is used in medicine to diagnose and assess healthy and
abnormal structures, vessels, or organs inside the body.
●● sonography
Answer: in diagnostic imaging, _______ is the preferred term to
describe the use of sound in the range of 1 to 20 MHz or greater for
patient imaging.
●● transducer
Answer: sonography equipment creates waves of energy when an
electrical voltage is applied to the ceramic element housed inside the
_______
●● receiver
Answer: the transducer acts as a _______ that processes the echoes
returning from inside the body.
, ●● composite
Answer: the received echoes within the body create a ______ image that
is displayed in real time on a monitor to be viewed, saved, and stored.
●● greater
Answer: lower frequency transducers permit ______ penetration for
imaging organs such as the liver.
●● sharper
Answer: higher frequency transducers allow a ______ image for
superficial structures such as breast tissue.
●● general, echocardiography, and vascular
Answer: diagnostic sonography has what three major imaging specialty
areas?
●● obstetrics and pediatrics
Answer: sonography is a preferred modality for imaging in _______ and
________ b/c it can be performed quickly and effectively to obtain a
diagnosis and does not use ionizing radiation.
●● military
Answer: medical applications for imaging emerged from the _______
