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ULTRASOUND ARTIFACTS
ARTIFACTS
Question | Answer |
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SPECULAR REFLECTION | PRODUCED WHEN US WAVES ATRIKE A SMOOTH SURFACE, SURFACE MUST BE LARGER THAN THE SOUNDWAVE |
SCATTER REFLECTION | RE-DIRECTION OF SOUNDWAVES IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS. PRODUCED WHEN US STRIKES A ROUGH SURFACE. SURFACE MUST BE EQUAL TO OR< WAVELENGTH |
SCATTERING IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO ? | FREQUENCY. ^ FREQ |
RALEIGH SCATTER | FORM OF SCATTER WHEN SOUNDWAVE SCATTERS SYSTEMATICALLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS |
BACK SCATTER | A.K.A. DIFFUSE SCATTERING. SCATTER THAT RETURNS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TDXR |
WHEN DOES REFRACTION OCCUR | DIFFERENCES IN PROPAGATION SPEED OR OBLIQUE INCIDENCE (OTHER THAN 90 DEG) |
REVERBERATION | REFLECTION OCCURING FROM STRONG REFLECTOR, LOOKS LIKE LADDER RUNGS |
SIDE LOBES | PRODUCED FROM SINGLE ELEMENT TDXR |
GRATING LOBES | PRODUCED FROM ARRAY TDXR. |
SHADOWING | LOW LEVEL ECHOES PRODUCED FROM STRONG REFLECTORS |
ENHANCEMENT | HIGH LEVEL ECHOES PRODUCED FROM LOW ATTENUATED REFLECTORS |
RANGE AMBIGUITY | DEEP STRUCTURES APPEAR CLOSER TO THE TDXR THAN THEY ACTUALLY ARE. |