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Chapter 5 Doppler Prinicples - Review

front 1

Which of the following are parts of the circulatory system?

A) Heart
B) cerebral ventricle
C) artery
D) arteriole
E) capillary
F) bile duct
G) venule
H) vein

back 1

A) Heart
C) artery
D) arteriole
E) capillary
G) venule
H) vein

front 2

The _____ are the tiniest vessels in te circulatory system.

back 2

Capillaries

The capillaries are the tiniest vessels in te circulatory system.

front 3

In which of the following can Doppler ultrasound detect flow?

A) the heart
B) arteries
C) arterioles
D) capillaries
E) venule
F) veins

back 3

A) the heart
B) arteries
F) veins

front 4

To flow is to move in a _____.

back 4

stream

To flow is to move in a stream.

front 5

The characteristic of a fluid that offers resistance to flow is called _____.

A) resistance
B) viscosity
C) inertia
D) impedance
E) density

back 5

B) viscosity

The characteristic of a fluid that offers resistance to flow is called viscosity.

front 6

Poise is a unit of _____.

back 6

viscosity

Poise is a unit of viscosity.

front 7

Pressure is _____ per unit area.

back 7

force

Pressure is force per unit area.

front 8

Pressure is _____.

A) nondirectional
B) unidirectional
C) omnidirectional
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

back 8

C) omnidirectional

Pressure is omnidirectional.

front 9

Flow is a response to pressure _____ or _____.

back 9

difference, gradient

Flow is a response to pressure difference or gradient.

front 10

If the pressure is greater at on end of a liquid-filled tube or vessel than it is at the other, the liquid will flow from the _____-pressure end to the _____-pressure end.

A) higher, lower
B) lower, higher
C) depends on the liquid
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

back 10

A) higher, lower

If the pressure is greater at on end of a liquid-filled tube or vessel than it is at the other, the liquid will flow from the higher-pressure end to the lower-pressure end.

front 11

The volumetric flow rate in a tube is determined by _____ difference and _____.

back 11

The volumetric flow rate in a tube is determined by pressure difference and resistance.

pressure, resistance

front 12

Flow increases if _____ increases.

A) pressure difference
B) pressure gradient
C) resistance
D) A and B
E) all of the above

back 12

D) A and B

Flow increases if pressure difference and pressure gradient increase.

front 13

As flow resitance increases, volumetric flow rate _____.

back 13

decreases

As flow resitance increases, volumetric flow rate decreases.

front 14

If pressure difference is doubled, volumetric flow rate is _____.

A) unchanged
B) quartered
C) halved
D) doubled
E) quadrupled

back 14

D) doubled

If pressure difference is doubled, volumetric flow rate is doubled.

front 15

If flow resitance is doubled, volumetric flow rate is _____.

A) unchanged
B) quartered
C) halved
D) doubled
E) quadrupled

back 15

C) halved

If flow resitance is doubled, volumetric flow rate is halved.

front 16

Flow resitance in a vessel depends on _____.

A) vessel length
B) vessel radius
C) blood viscosity
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

back 16

D) all of the above

Flow resitance in a vessel depends on vessel length, vessel radius and blood viscosity.

front 17

Flow resitance decreases with an increase in _____.

A) vessel length
B) vessel radius
C) blood viscosity
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

back 17

B) vessel radius

Flow resitance decreases with an increase in vessel radius.

front 18

Flow resistance depends most strongly in _____.

A) vessel length
B) vessel radius
C) blood viscosity
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

back 18

B) vessel radius

Flow resistance depends most strongly in vessel radius.

front 19

Volumetric flow rate decreases with an increase in _____.

A) pressure difference
B) vessel radius
C) vessel length
D) blood viscosity
E) C and D

back 19

E) C and D

Volumetric flow rate decreases with an increase in vessel length and blood viscosity.

front 20

When the speed of a fluid is constant across a vessel, the flow is called _____ flow.

A) volume
B) parabolic
C) laminar
D) viscous
E) plug

back 20

E) plug

When the speed of a fluid is constant across a vessel, the flow is called plug flow.

front 21

The type of flow (approximately) seen in A is _____.

A) volume
B) steady
C) parabolic
D) viscous
E) plug

back 21

E) plug

front 22

The type of flow seen in B is ____.

A) volume
B) steady
C) parabolic
D) viscous
E) plug

back 22

C) parabolic

front 23

_____ flow occurs when straight parallel streamlines describing the flow are altered.

back 23

disturbed

Disturbed flow occurs when straight parallel streamlines describing the flow are altered.

front 24

_____ flow involves random and chaotic flow patterns, with particles flowing in all directions.

back 24

turbulent

Turbulent flow involves random and chaotic flow patterns, with particles flowing in all directions.

front 25

Turbulent flow is more likely proximal of distal to a stenosis.

back 25

distal

Turbulent flow is more likely distal to a stenosis.

front 26

A narrowing of the lumen of a tube is called a _____.

back 26

stenosis

A narrowing of the lumen of a tube is called a stenosis.

front 27

Proximal to, at, and distal to a stenosis, _____ must be constant.

A) laminar flow
B) disturbed flow
C) turbulent flow
D) volumetric flow rate
E) none of the above

back 27

D) volumetric flow rate

Proximal to, at, and distal to a stenosis, volumetric flow rate must be constant.

front 28

Proximal to, at, and distal to a stenosis, _____ must be constant.

Flow speed at the stenosis must be _____ that proximal and distal to it.

A) greater than
B) less than
C) less turbulent than
D) less disturbed than
E) none of the above

back 28

A) greater than

Proximal to, at, and distal to a stenosis, greater than must be constant.

front 29

Poiseuille's equation predicts a _____ in flow speed with a decrease in vessel radius.

back 29

decreases

Poiseuille's equation predicts a decreases in flow speed with a decrease in vessel radius.

front 30

The continuity rule predicts a ____ in flow speed with a localized decrease in (stenosis) in vessel diameter.

back 30

increases

The continuity rule predicts a increases in flow speed with a localized decrease in (stenosis) in vessel diameter.

front 31

In a stenosis, the pressure is _____ the proximal and distal values.

A) less than
B) equal to
C) greater than
D) depends on the fluid
E) none of the above

back 31

A) less than

In a stenosis, the pressure is less than the proximal and distal values.

front 32

Added forward flow and flow reversal in diastole can occur with ____ flow.

A) volume
B) turbulent
C) laminar
D) disturbed
E) pulsatile

back 32

E) pulsatile

Added forward flow and flow reversal in diastole can occur with pulsatile flow.

front 33

As stenosis diameter decreases, _____ pass through a maximum.

A) flow speed at the stenosis
B) flow proximal to the stenosis
C) volumetric flow rate
D) the Doppler shift at the stenosis
E) A and D

back 33

E) A and D

As stenosis diameter decreases, flow speed at the stenosis and the Doppler shift at the stenosis passes through a maximum.

front 34

At which point is pressure the lowest?

A) P
B) S
C) D
D) P and D
E) none of the above

back 34

B) S

front 35

At which point is flow speed the lowest?

A) P
B) S
C) D
D) P and D
E) none of the above

back 35

D) P and D

front 36

At which point is volumetric flow rate the lowest?

A) P
B) S
C) D
D) P and D
E) none of the above

back 36

E) none of the above

front 37

At which point is pressure energy the greatest?

A) P
B) S
C) D
D) P and D
E) none of the above

back 37

D) P and D

front 38

The _____ effect is used to detect and measure ____ in vessels.

back 38

Doppler, flow

The Doppler effect is used to detect and measure flow in vessels.

front 39

Motions of an echo-generating structure causes an echo to have a different ____ from that of the emitted pulse.

back 39

frequency

Motions of an echo-generating structure causes an echo to have a different frequency from that of the emitted pulse.

front 40

If the incident frequency is 1 MHz, the propagation speed is 1600 m/s and the reflector speed is 16 m/s toward the source, the Doppler shift is _____ MHz, and the reflected frequency is _____ MHz.

back 40

.02, 1.02

If the incident frequency is 1 MHz, the propagation speed is 1600 m/s and the reflector speed is 16 m/s toward the source, the Doppler shift is .02 MHz, and the reflected frequency is 1.02 MHz.

front 41

If 2-MHz ultrasound is reflected from a soft tissue boundary moving at 10 m/s toward the source, the Doppler shift is ____ MHz.

back 41

.026

If 2-MHz ultrasound is reflected from a soft tissue boundary moving at 10 m/s toward the source, the Doppler shift is .026 MHz.

front 42

If 2-MHz ultrasound is reflected from a soft tissue boundary moving at 10 m/s away from the source, the Doppler shift is ____ MHz.

back 42

-.026

If 2-MHz ultrasound is reflected from a soft tissue boundary moving at 10 m/s away from the source, the Doppler shift is -.026 MHz.

front 43

The Doppler shift is the difference between _____ and _____ frequencies.

back 43

received, emitted

The Doppler shift is the difference between received and emitted frequencies.

front 44

When incident sound direction and reflector motion are not parrallel, calculation of the reflected frequency involves the _____ of the angle between these directions.

back 44

cosine

When incident sound direction and reflector motion are not parrallel, calculation of the reflected frequency involves the cosine of the angle between these directions.

front 45

If the incident frequency is 1 MHz, the propagation speed is 1600 m/s and the reflector speed is 16 m/s toward the source, the Doppler shift is .02 MHz, and the reflected frequency is 1.02 MHz.

If the angle between incident sound direction and reflector motion is 60 degrees, the Doppler shift and reflected frequency are _____ MHz and _____ MHz.

back 45

If the incident frequency is 1 MHz, the propagation speed is 1600 m/s and the reflector speed is 16 m/s toward the source, the Doppler shift is .02 MHz, and the reflected frequency is 1.02 MHz.

If the angle between incident sound direction and reflector motion is 60 degrees, the Doppler shift and reflected frequency are .01 MHz and 1.01 MHz.

.01, 1.01 (The Doppler shift is cut in half)

front 46

If the incident frequency is 1 MHz, the propagation speed is 1600 m/s and the reflector speed is 16 m/s toward the source, the Doppler shift is .02 MHz, and the reflected frequency is 1.02 MHz.

If the angle between incident sound direction and reflector motion is 90 degrees, the cosine of the angle is _____, and the reflected frequency is _____ MHz.

back 46

If the incident frequency is 1 MHz, the propagation speed is 1600 m/s and the reflector speed is 16 m/s toward the source, the Doppler shift is .02 MHz, and the reflected frequency is 1.02 MHz.

If the angle between incident sound direction and reflector motion is 90 degrees, the cosine of the angle is 0, and the reflected frequency is 1.00 MHz.

0, 1.00 (no Doppler shift at 90 degrees)

front 47

For an operating frequency of 2 MHz, a flow speed of 10 cm/s and a Doppler angle of 0 degrees, calculate the Doppler shift.

back 47

.26 kHz

front 48

For an operating frequency of 6 MHz, a flow speed of 50 cm/s and a Doppler angle of 60 degrees, calculate the Doppler shift.

back 48

1.95 kHz

front 49

For blood flow through a vessel with a plug flow profile, the Doppler shift is _____ across the vessel.

back 49

For blood flow through a vessel with a plug flow profile, the Doppler shift is constant across the vessel.

constant

front 50

Which Doppler angle yields the greatest Doppler shift?

A) -90
B) -45
C) 0
D) 45
E) 90

back 50

C) 0

front 51

To proceed from a measurement of Doppler shift frequency to a calculation of flow speed, _____ _____ must be known of assumed.

back 51

To proceed from a measurement of Doppler shift frequency to a calculation of flow speed, Doppler angle must be known of assumed.

Doppler angle

front 52

If operating frequency is doubled, the Doppler shift is _____.

back 52

If operating frequency is doubled, the Doppler shift is doubled.

Doubled

front 53

If flow speed is doubled, the Doppler shift is _____.

back 53

Doubled

If flow speed is doubled, the Doppler shift is doubled.

front 54

If angle is doubled, the Doppler shift is _____.

back 54

decreased

If angle is doubled, the Doppler shift is decreased.

front 55

Color Doppler instruments presents two-dimensional, color-coded images representing _____ that are superimposed on gray-scale images representing _____.

back 55

motion, anatomy

Color Doppler instruments presents two-dimensional, color-coded images representing motion that are superimposed on gray-scale images representing anatomy.

front 56

Which of the following on a color Doppler display is (are) presented in real time?

A) gray-scale anatomy
B) flow direction
C) Doppler spectrum
D) A and B
E) all of the above

back 56

D) A and B

A) gray-scale anatomy
B) flow direction

front 57

Color Doppler instruments use an _____ technique to yield Doppler information in real time.

back 57

autocorrelation

Color Doppler instruments use an autocorrelation technique to yield Doppler information in real time.

front 58

Color Doppler instruments use an autocorrelation technique to yield Doppler information in real time.

This information includes _____ Doppler shift, _____, _____, and _____.

back 58

mean, sign, variance, power

Color Doppler instruments use an autocorrelation technique to yield Doppler information in real time.

This information includes mean Doppler shift, sign, variance, and power.

front 59

True or False?

The angle dependencies of Doppler shift displays and Doppler power displays are different.

back 59

True

Power displays have no angle dependence

front 60

Do the different colors appearing in A and C indicate that flow is going in two different directions in the vessel?

Get image

back 60

no

front 61

True or False?

In color Doppler instruments, color is used only to represent flow direction.

back 61

False

front 62

In practice, approximately _____ pulses are required to obtain one line of color Doppler information.

A) 1
B) 10
C) 100
D) 1000
E) 1,000,000

back 62

B) 10

In practice, approximately 10 pulses are required to obtain one line of color Doppler information.

front 63

About _____ frames per second are produced by a color Doppler instrument.

A) 10
B) 20
C) 40
D) 80
E) more than one of the above

back 63

E) more than one of the above

A) 10
B) 20
C) 40

front 64

True or False?

Doppler shift displays are not dependent on Doppler andgle.

back 64

False

front 65

True or False?

If a color Doppler instrument shows two colors in the same vessel, it always means flow is occurring in opposite directions in the vessel.

back 65

False

It also can mean aliasing or changing Doppler

front 66

True or False?

A region of bright color on a Doppler shift display always indicates the highest flow speeds.

back 66

False

remember the Doppler angle

front 67

Increasing the ensemble length ____ the frame rate.

back 67

decreases

Increasing the ensemble length decreases the frame rate.

front 68

The _____ technique is commonly used to detect echo Doppler shifts in color Doppler instruments.

back 68

autocorrection

The autocorrection technique is commonly used to detect echo Doppler shifts in color Doppler instruments.

front 69

Which of the following reduce the frame rate of a color Doppler image?

A) wider color window
B) longer color window
C) increased ensemble length
D) Higher transducer frequency
E) Higher priority setting

back 69

A) wider color window
C) increased ensemble length

front 70

Lack of color in a vessel containing blood flow may be attributed to _____.

A) low color gain
B) a high wall filter setting
C) a low priority setting
D) baseline shift
E) aliasing

back 70

A) low color gain
B) a high wall filter setting
C) a low priority setting

Lack of color in a vessel containing blood flow may be attributed to low color gain, a high wall filter setting and a low priority setting.

front 71

Increasing ensemble length _____ color sensitivity and accuracy and _____ frame rate.

A) improves, increases
B) degrades, increases
C) degrades, decreases
D) improves, decreases
E) none of the above

back 71

D) improves, decreases

Increasing ensemble length improves color sensitivity and accuracy and decreases frame rate.

front 72

Which control can be used to help with clutter?

A) wall filter
B) gain
C) baseline shift
D) pulse repetition frequency
E) smoothing

back 72

A) wall filter

front 73

Color map baselines are always represented by ______.

A) white
B) black
C) red
D) blue
E) cyan

back 73

B) black

Color map baselines are always represented by black.

front 74

Doubling the width of a color window produces a ____ frame rate.

A) doubled
B) quadrupled
C) unchanged
D) halved
E) quartered.

back 74

D) halved

Doubling the width of a color window produces a halved frame rate.

front 75

Steering the color window to the right or left produces a _____ frame rate.

A) doubled
B) quadrupled
C) unchanged
D) halved
E) quartered.

back 75

C) unchanged

Steering the color window to the right or left produces a unchanged frame rate.

front 76

Autocorrelation produces _____.

A) the color of the Doppler shift
B) the mean value of the Doppler shift
C) varience
D) spectrum
E) peak Doppler shift

back 76

B) the mean value of the Doppler shift
C) varience

Autocorrelation produces the mean value of the Doppler shift and varience.

front 77

Steering the color window to the right or left changes _____.

A) frame rate
B) pulse repetition frequency
C) the Doppler angle
D) the Doppler shift
E) more than one of the above

back 77

E) more than one of the above

C) the Doppler angle
D) the Doppler shift

front 78

Color Doppler frame rates are _____ gray-scale rates.

A) equal to
B) less than
C) more than
D) depends on color map
E) depends on priority

back 78

B) less than

Color Doppler frame rates are less than gray-scale rates.

front 79

In a single frame, color can change in a vessel because of _____.

A) vessel curvature
B) sector format
C) helical flow
D) diastolic flow reversal
E) all of the above

back 79

E) all of the above

In a single frame, color can change in a vessel because of vessel curvature, sector format, helical flow and diastolic flow reversal.

front 80

True or False?

Angle is not important in transverse color Doppler views through vessels.

back 80

False

front 81

Compared with Doppler-shift imaging, Doppler-power imaging is _____.

A) more sensitive
B) angle independent
C) aliasing independent
D) speed independent
E) all of the above

back 81

E) all of the above

Compared with Doppler-shift imaging, Doppler-power imaging is more sensitive, angle independent, aliasing independent and speed independent

front 82

Doppler-power improving indicates (with color) the ____ of flow.

A) presense
B) direction
C) speed
D) character
E) more than on of the above

back 82

A) presense

Doppler-power improving indicates (with color) the presense of flow.

front 83

Doppler-shift improving indicates (with color) the ____ of flow.

A) presense
B) direction
C) speed
D) character
E) more than on of the above

back 83

E) more than on of the above

A) presense
B) direction
C) speed
D) character

front 84

The function of a Doppler detector include _____.

A) amplification
B) phased quadrature detection
C) Doppler shift detection
D) sign determination
E) all of the above

back 84

E) all of the above

The function of a Doppler detector include amplification, phased quadrature detection, Doppler shift detection and sign determination.

front 85

An earlier gate time means ____ sample volume depth.

A) a later
B) a shallower
C) a deeper
D) a stronger
E) none of the above

back 85

B) a shallower

An earlier gate time means a shallower sample volume depth.

front 86

Doppler signal power is proportional to _____.

A) volume flow rate
B) flow speed
C) the Doppler angle
D) cell concentration
E) More than one of the above

back 86

D) cell concentration

Doppler signal power is proportional to cell concentration.

front 87

True or False.

Doppler ultrasound provides information about flow conditions only at the site of measurment.

back 87

False

front 88

Stenosis affects ____.

A) peak systolic flow speed
B) end diastolic flow speed
C) spectral broadening
D) window
E) all of the above

back 88

E) all of the above

Stenosis affects peak systolic flow speed, end diastolic flow speed, spectral broadening and window

front 89

Spectral broadening is a _____ of the spectral trace.

A) vertical thickening
B) horizontal thickening
C) brightening
D) darkening
D) horizontal shift

back 89

A) vertical thickening

Spectral broadening is a vertical thickening of the spectral trace.

front 90

If all the cells in a vessel were moving at the same constant speed, the spectral trace would be a _____ line.

A) thin horizontal
B) thin vertical
C) thick horizontal
D) thick vertical

back 90

A) thin horizontal

If all the cells in a vessel were moving at the same constant speed, the spectral trace would be a thin horizontal line.

front 91

True or False?

Disturbed flow produces a narrower spectrum.

back 91

False

front 92

True or False?

Turbulent flow produces a narrower spectrum.

back 92

False

front 93

As stenosis progreses, which of the following increases?

A) lumen diameter
B) systolic Doppler shift
C) Diastolic Doppler shift
D) spectral broadening
E) more than one of the above

back 93

E) more than one of the above

B) systolic Doppler shift
C) Diastolic Doppler shift
D) spectral broadening

front 94

True or False?

Higher flow speed always produces a higher Doppler shift on a spectral display.

back 94

False

Remember the Doppler angle

front 95

Flow reversal in diasole indicates _____.

A) a stenosis
B) an aneurysm
C) high distal resistance
D) low distal resistance'
E) more than one of the above

back 95

C) high distal resistance

Flow reversal in diasole indicates high distal resistance.

front 96

Decrease distal resistance normall causes end diastolic flow to _____.

A) increase
B) decrease
C) be disturbed
D) become turbulent
E) more than one of the above

back 96

A) increase

Decrease distal resistance normall causes end diastolic flow to increase.

front 97

If angle correction is set at 60 degrees but should be zero degrees, the display indicates a flow speed of 100 cm/s. The correct flow speed is _____ cm/s.

A) 25
B) 50
C) 100
D) 200
E) 400

back 97

B) 50

If angle correction is set at 60 degrees but should be zero degrees, the display indicates a flow speed of 100 cm/s. The correct flow speed is 50 cm/s.

front 98

If angle correction is set at zero degrees but should be 60 degrees, the display indicates a flow speed of 100 cm/s. The correct flow speed is _____ cm/s.

A) 25
B) 50
C) 100
D) 200
E) 400

back 98

D) 200

If angle correction is set at zero degrees but should be 60 degrees, the display indicates a flow speed of 100 cm/s. The correct flow speed is 200 cm/s.

front 99

If a 5-kHz Doppler shift corresponds to 100 cm/s, then a 2.5-kHz shift corresponds to _____ cm/s.

back 99

50

If a 5-kHz Doppler shift corresponds to 100 cm/s, then a 2.5-kHz shift corresponds to 50 cm/s.

front 100

Which of the following is increased if Doppler angle is increased?

A) aliasing
B) Doppler shift
C) effect of angle error
D) B and C
E) None of the above

back 100

C) effect of angle error