Diagnostic Ultrasound questions with accurate
answers
10.0 MHz Ans✓✓✓ breast, thyroid, superficial veins, superficial
masses, musculoskeletal imaging
15.0 MHz Ans✓✓✓ superficial structures, musculoskeletal imaging
2.5 MHz Ans✓✓✓ deep abdomen, obstetric and gynecological imaging
3.5 MHz Ans✓✓✓ general abdomen, obstetric and gynecological
imaging
5.0 MHz Ans✓✓✓ vascular, breast, pelvic imaging
7.5 MHz Ans✓✓✓ breast, thyroid
American Medical Society for Sports medicine recommended
__________ for sports medicine fellowship Ans✓✓✓ sports ultrasound
curriculum
amplitude Ans✓✓✓ maximal deviation of a wave variable from
baseline value
anechoic Ans✓✓✓ black
, Anisotropy artifact Ans✓✓✓ Tendon looks hyperechoic when
perpendicular and hypoechoic when at an angle (can simulate tear). Fix
= keep probe steady at perpendicular
B-mode Ans✓✓✓ Brightness mode
benefits of ultrasound? Ans✓✓✓ immediate, no radiation, high
resolution for superficial structures, generally unaffected by metal
artifacts, interventional guidance
curvilinear transducer Ans✓✓✓ 1-5 MHz
diagnostic US Ans✓✓✓ diagnosis and monitor pathology
didactic instruction should include Ans✓✓✓ discussions of US physics,
image acquisition and optimization, normal and pathological appearance
of tissues, US artifacts, advantages and limitations
didactic practice should include Ans✓✓✓ hands-on didactics with
direct supervision from a qualified mentor
Doppler mode Ans✓✓✓ Examines characteristics of direction and
speed of tissue motion and blood flow and presents it in audible, color or
spectral displays
answers
10.0 MHz Ans✓✓✓ breast, thyroid, superficial veins, superficial
masses, musculoskeletal imaging
15.0 MHz Ans✓✓✓ superficial structures, musculoskeletal imaging
2.5 MHz Ans✓✓✓ deep abdomen, obstetric and gynecological imaging
3.5 MHz Ans✓✓✓ general abdomen, obstetric and gynecological
imaging
5.0 MHz Ans✓✓✓ vascular, breast, pelvic imaging
7.5 MHz Ans✓✓✓ breast, thyroid
American Medical Society for Sports medicine recommended
__________ for sports medicine fellowship Ans✓✓✓ sports ultrasound
curriculum
amplitude Ans✓✓✓ maximal deviation of a wave variable from
baseline value
anechoic Ans✓✓✓ black
, Anisotropy artifact Ans✓✓✓ Tendon looks hyperechoic when
perpendicular and hypoechoic when at an angle (can simulate tear). Fix
= keep probe steady at perpendicular
B-mode Ans✓✓✓ Brightness mode
benefits of ultrasound? Ans✓✓✓ immediate, no radiation, high
resolution for superficial structures, generally unaffected by metal
artifacts, interventional guidance
curvilinear transducer Ans✓✓✓ 1-5 MHz
diagnostic US Ans✓✓✓ diagnosis and monitor pathology
didactic instruction should include Ans✓✓✓ discussions of US physics,
image acquisition and optimization, normal and pathological appearance
of tissues, US artifacts, advantages and limitations
didactic practice should include Ans✓✓✓ hands-on didactics with
direct supervision from a qualified mentor
Doppler mode Ans✓✓✓ Examines characteristics of direction and
speed of tissue motion and blood flow and presents it in audible, color or
spectral displays
