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PHYSICS TEST #1

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SPECULAR REFLECTIONS   MIRROR LIKE REFLECTIONS, REFLECTED BACK IN THE SAME ANGLE AS THE INCIDENT ANGLE, OR ORIGINAL ANGLE.OCCUR WHEN: 1. WL IS SMALLER THAN BOUNDARY. 2. THE BOUNDARY IS SMOOTH.  
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NON-SPECULAR (DIFFUSE)REFLECTIONS   SOUND REFLECTED BACK IN MANY ANGLES RATHER THAN JUST ORIGINAL ANGLE LIKE WITH SPECULAR REFLECTION.OCCURS WHEN WL IS LARGER THAN BOUNDARY 2. THE BOUNDARY IS NOT SMOOTH.  
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REFRACTION   CHANGE IN DIRECTION OF THE SOUND WAVE DUE TO A CHANGE IN ITS PROPAGATION SPEED. DUE TO CHANGE IN MEDIUM.  
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ATTENUATION   WEAKENING OF A SOUND BEAM AS IT PROPAGATES 1. ABSORPTION (GREATEST) 2.REFLECTION 3. SCATTERING  
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ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT   AMT OF ATTENUATION PER CM OR PATH LENGTH. 3dB = .5 or 50%-10dB = .1 or 10%-20db = .01 or 1%  
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WAVELENGTH   THE LENGTH OF SPACE 1 CYCLE TAKES UP.  
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DUTY FACTOR   AMOUNT OF TIME PW IS ACTUALLY ON. UNIT LESS. EXPRESSED IN # OR %  
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PROPAGATION SPEED   SPEED AT WHICH A SOUND WAVES TRAVELS THRU A MEDIUM. ONLY DEPENDENT ON THE MEDIUM.  
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SHEAR WAVES   PARTICLE MOTION RUNS PERPENDICULAR TO NORMAL VALUE.  
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LONGITUDINAL WAVE   PARTICLE MOTION RUNS PARALLEL TO NORMAL VALUE  
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RANGE OF FREQUENCIES   2-15 MHZ BELOW OR ABOVE RESOLUTION IS TOO POOR  
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PERIOD   TIME FOR ONE CYCLE TO OCCUR  
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FREQUENCY   # OF COMPLETE CYCLES PER SEC  
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DECIBEL   ATTENUATION UNIT UNIT OF COMPARISON  
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INTENSITIES   SATA (LOWEST) SPTP (HIGHEST) SPTA (MACHINE) THE BIGGER THE SOUND WAVE, THE STRONGER IT IS.  
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RANGE EQUATION   DISTANCE THE MEDIUM IS FROM THE TRANSDUCER. NEED: DISTANCE AND DIRECTION  
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RAYLEIGH SCATTERING   OCCURS WHEN PARTICLES ARE SMALLER THAN THE WAVELENGTH HITTING THE BOUNDARY.THE INTENSITY OF THE SCATTERED SOUND DEPENDS ON THE FREQ TO THE 4TH POWER. IF THERE IS AN INCREASE IN FREQ, THEN THERE IS AN INCREaSE IN SCATTER.  
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CW VS. PW   PW IS PULSES OF SOUND WAVES VERSES ONE CONTINUOUS SOUND WAVE.  
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ACOUSTIC VARIABLES   DENSITY (KG/M3), PARTICLE MOTION (MM), PRESSURE (Pa), & TEMP (DEGREES)  
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NORMAL INCIDENCE   SOUND HITS BOUNDARY AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE  
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OBLIQUE INCIDENCE   SOUND HITS BOUNDARY AT ANY OTHER ANGLE THAN 90 DEGREES.  
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DENSITY   Kg/m3 THE CONCENTRATION OF MATTER  
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SNELL'S LAW (LAW OF REFRACTION)   WHEN WAVE HITS A DIFFERENT MEDIUM THAT HAS A DIFFERENT PS MAKES THE SOUND WAVE CHANGE SHAPE.  
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SCATTERING   THE REDIRECTION OF SOUND IN MAY DIRECTIONS BY: ROUGH SURFACES, HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA (EX. BLOOD)  
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BACKSCATTER   SCATTERED SOUND THAT GETS BACK TO THE TRANSDUCER.  
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IMPORTANCE OF SCATTERING   IT ALLOWS THE TISSUE PARENCHYMA AND TISSUE INTERFACE TO BE SEEN. HELPS TO MAKE IMAGING LESS DEPENDENT ON SCANNING ANGLE.  
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MEGA   MILLION  
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MILLI   THOUSANDS  
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PROPAGATION SPEEDS   SOFT TISSUE 1540M/S OR 1.54MM/US AIR 331 M/S BONE 3-4,000 M/S  
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TYPICAL DUTY FACTORS   0.1% OR 1.0%  
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ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE   THE EFFECT THE SOUND HAS ON THE MEDIUM. Z=DENSITY (KG/M3) X PS(M/S)  
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UNITS   PRESSURE (Pa) DENSITY (Kg/m3) TEMP (DEGREES) PARTICLE MOTION (MM)  
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POWER   THE RATE AT WHICH ENERGY IS TRANSFERRED.  
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PRF (KHz)   pulsed rep freq. # of pulses occuring in 1 sec.  
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PRP (MILLISECONDS)   PULSE REP PERIOD THE TIME FROM BEGIN OF ONE PULSE TO BEGIN OF NEXT PULSE.  
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DF (UNIT-LESS)   DUTY FACTOR FRACTION OF TIME PW IS ACTUALLY ON.  
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PD (MICROSECONDS)   PULSED DURATION TIME IT TAKES FOR ONE PULSE TO OCCUR  
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SPL   SPATIAL PULSE LENGTH THE SPACE ONE COMPLETE PULSE TAKES UP.  
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IMPEDANCE FORMULA    
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PERIOD FORMULA    
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WAVELENGTH FORMULA    
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PRP FORMULA    
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ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE FORMULA    
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4 STEP FORMULA    
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INTENSITY FORMULAS    
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DECIBELS    
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