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2010-05-02T16:37:00.001-07:00

Simple Ultrasound Test Improves Diagnosis Of Heart Disease

2010-04-16T12:54:00.000-07:00

Simple Ultrasound Test Improves Diagnosis Of Heart Disease

2010-04-08T12:53:00.000-07:00

Siemens Demonstrates Comprehensive Solutions For Echocardiography At ACC

2010-04-05T15:50:00.000-07:00

Siemens Demonstrates Comprehensive Solutions For Echocardiography At ACC

Echocardiography Atlas App Now Available on App Store

2010-04-05T15:41:00.001-07:00

Echocardiography Atlas App Now Available on App Store

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Cardiac sonographer Jobs Available

2010-03-13T21:27:00.000-08:00

Reviews of calculations of Ultrasound physics

2010-02-26T15:19:00.000-08:00

Frequency

frequency = Propagation speed (c)/wavelength,

Period

Period = 1/ frequency

Wavelength

wavelength = propagation speed/frequency

Propagation speed

Propagation speed = wavelength * frequency

Pulse Repetition Period

Pulse repetition period = 1/Pulse repetition frequency

Duty Factor

duty factor = Pulse duration/Pulse repetition period

duty factor = pulse duration * Pulse repetition frequency/1000

Spatial Pulse Length

Spatial pulse length = wavelength * number of cycles in a pulse

Power

Power = amplitude squared

Intensity

intensity = Power/ area

Decibels

decibels = 10* log( finanal intensity/initial intensity)

Half Intensity Depth

half-intensity depth = 3/attenuation coefficient or =6/frequency

Attenuation coefficient

attenuation coefficient = frequency/2

Attenuation

attenuation = distance * attenuation coefficient

Acoustic impedance

Acoustic impedance = density * propagation speed

Distance to the reflector

distance of the reflector = 0.77 * pulse round-trip time or = pulse round-trip time/13

total traveling distance = 2 * distance of the reflector

Frequency of active element

frequency = Propagation speed / 2* thickness

Axial Resolution

Axial resolution = Spatial pulse length (SPL)/ 2

Q factor

q factor = frequency/ bandwidth

Physics quick review 2

2010-02-25T21:56:00.000-08:00

Reciprocals or reverse relationships of ultrasound physics

Frequency and wavelengh
Frequency and period
Frequency and value of Q factor
Frequency and diameter of focus zone
wavelengh and axial resolution
Cycles and axial resolution
Spatial pulse length and axial resolution
period and axial resolution
value of Q factor and axial resolution

Elasticity and Propagation speed
Compressibility and Impedance
Area and Amplitude
Area and Power
Traveling distance and Amplitude
Travel distance and power
Travel distance and Intensity

Proportional relationship

Frequency and attenuation
Frequency and axial resolution
Frequency and lateral resolution
Frequency and thickness of active element
Frequency and lateral resolution
Frequency and distance of focus zone length
wavelength and Spatial pulse length
Cycles and spatial pulse length
Pulse Repetition Frequency and Pulse repetition period
Pulse Repetition Frequency and depth of reflector
Pulse repetition Period and depth of reflector
Stiffness and Propagation speed
Amplitude and Power
Amplitude and Intensity
Power and Intensity
propagation speed and Impedance
Density and Impedance
Travel distance and attenuation

NO relationship

2010-02-22T15:14:00.000-08:00

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little ultrasound-physics quiz

2010-02-20T21:44:00.001-08:00

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Happy Ultrasound Physics Quiz

2010-02-20T14:13:00.000-08:00

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Question #1: Which of the following is not user-adjustable?

Question #2: Which control would you adjust to alter the dynamic range of the displayed echoes?

Question #3: What do you do when you want to decrease a very bright echoes on the display?

Question #4: If you increase PRF and leave all other controls unchanged, what will happen?

Question #5: Pulsing of the transmitted sound wave is necessary for real-time imaging because:

Happy Physics quiz

2010-02-18T14:55:00.000-08:00

Physics-3

Question #1: Smoking and the likelihood of cardiovascular disease

Question #2: Which of the following is an appropriate unit for area?

Question #3: Cholesterol level and longevity

Question #4: Which of the following is not an appropriate unit for volume?

Question #5: What is the unit of measure for wavelength?

Question #6: What is the unit of measure for frequency

Question #7: What is the unit of measure for intensity?

Question #8: Which determines wavelength?

Question #9: Which determines frequency

Question #10: Which determines propagation speed?

Question #11: Which determines period?

Question #12: Which determines intensity?

Question #13: Which of the following cannot be changed by the sonographer?

Question #14: True or False? Sound is a transverse, mechanical wave.

Question #15: True or False? A wave with a frequency of 15,000 MHz is ultrasonic.

Mid-term physics-quiz-1

2010-02-12T22:20:00.001-08:00

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Question #1: If a 2-Mhz frequency is used in human soft tissue, the wavelength is about

Question #2: A 10-dB difference in signal intensity is equivalent to

Question #3: which of the following is the least obstacle (impedance) to the transmission of ultrasound?

Question #4: Q factor refers to

Question #5: Axial resolution is determined by which of the following

Question #6: which of the following is least likely cause for attenuation?

Question #7: Diffraction refers to

Question #8: when attempting to identify fetal heart motion, the frame rate of the real-time system should be

Question #9: A transducer with a large bandwidth is likely to have

Question #10: High frequency transducers have

Midterm physics quiz

2010-02-12T19:56:00.001-08:00

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Question #1: A large, smooth interface is usually called?

Question #2: what is primarily responsible for imaging the internal structure of of organs?

Question #3: what happen If the number of cycles in a pulse is increased but the wavelength remains the same?

Question #4: Bandwidth refers to:

Question #5: Which of the following is true?

Quick Review for Mid-term Exam

2010-02-10T13:35:00.000-08:00

Think yourself first and then click on the words for further understanding. Hope the best!

mechanical wave Longitudinal wave Acoustic variable

Cycle: Frequency Period Wavelength Propagation speed

Pulse repetition Frequency (PRF) Pulse repetition period (PRP)

Pulse Duration (PD) Duty factor: Spatial pulse length (SPL)

Amplitude Power Intensity Spatial peak (SP)

Spatial average (SA) Temporal peak (TP) Temporal average(TA):

Attenuation: Absorption Scattering Reflection echo Decibel:

Attenuation coefficient Half-intensity depth

"Size Does Matter" , the Longer and Stronger, the More Orgasm

2010-02-04T18:34:00.000-08:00

There is an old saying " size does matter". Yes, there are lot of experiments and reports that the size and length of man's penis can increase women sexual satisfaction and orgasm. The question is that : can man can increase their size and length without surgery and medication? The answer is absolutely. And furthermore, you can do this with spend a lot of time and money, no any side effect and long lasting effect. It isvery easy to perform whenever you want to.
Let me first explain why penis can get longer and larger just by exercising or stretching. In anatomy, penis is composed largely a muscle tissue, that is same as that in the arm and legs. We know many people go to gym for strong and big muscle. So the mechanism apply to penis muscle. Secondly, there are lot of vessels around penis. When excited and erected, the vessel in the penis relaxed and more blood go the penis and make penis elongate and widen. The wall of blood vessels is also consisted of muscle tissue, which can be stronger and thicker by streching.

Hair Loss May Indicate Lack of Enough Sleep

2010-02-04T16:15:00.000-08:00

   Currently, the exact cause of hair loss is unknown. There are many theories about it. The most common one associate it with the male hormone called testororone. Some of them attribute it to poor blood supply to skin on which the hair is grown. In this article, I will present another common but easy neglected cause for hair loss, lack of sleep.
   You may ask why lack of sleep cause hair? To better understand this, we first need to know there are two system that control basic status of body activities. One is called sympathetic nervous system, which is active in the day. the other one is called parasympathetic nervous systems, which is active at night (at sleep). The function of sympathetic nervous system is to participate body's reaction to adverse reaction such as fight. Parasympathetic nervous system take control when body is at sleep. Both of the two system are out of our human voluntary control.The blood vessel of the scalp on which the hair is grown will contract when sympathetic system is active and relax when parasympathetic system is active (such as sleep). So if somebody can get enough sleep, he will definitely will get good blood supply to the scalp and health hair. On the contrary, people with less sleep or lack of sleep will get more hair loss than it should.
   So avoid hair loss, here is some advice for those people who suffer from amnesia.
1. Establish good sleep habit. for example, go to bed early and go up early.
2. Participate more exercise
3. Take enough high vitamin containing food
4. Avoid deep night working such as reading and
5. Avoid take a lot of water during night
6. Avoid take hot food at night.

Easy bruising is associated with Vitamin C deficiency

2010-02-04T13:04:00.000-08:00

Every day, almost everybody have problems with blood. For example, you may bleed when you cut your skin accidentally. For people over 30 years old, you may have gum bleeding when you brush you teeth every day. For some of these problems it may indicate that something wrong in your body.For this reason, it is necessary to pay attention to your blood care stuff when you have some bleeding in your body. The most common problems for normal individuals is iron deficiency which can cause anemia even bleeding. The second most common and easily neglect blood problem is gum bleeding, which is usually caused by Vitamin C deficiency. In women this symptom is usually presented as easy bruising at light exercise when approaching period. This symptom can go away by just taking vitamin C rather than thinking something serious.

Carpal tunnul syndrome in hypothyroidism

2010-02-01T11:56:00.000-08:00

Carpal tunnel syndrome is another disorder associated with hypothyroidism. It is caused by enlargement of all tissues passing through a tube structure at your wrist. As result, the nerve innervate your fingers is compressed
and make you feeling of numbness , tingling and in your finger. Some time it cause pain. if paid no attention, it may worsen and need a surgery to relieve compression. At the beginning of the early symptoms, you can do following steps to relieve the sympotom and avoid surgery.
1. Flex and extend your wrist 100 times by holding dumb bell. The weight of the dumb bell depends on individul
wrist strength. Usually start the small weight and increase gradually to maximun weigh you can handle.
2. After exercise, submerge your wrist in a warm water for 30 minutes.
3. Eat high fiber and potassium containing food.

Muscle spasm in hypothyroidism

2010-01-31T18:11:00.000-08:00

Muscle spasm is a common symptom when hyperthyroidism is changed to hypothyroidism using Radioiodine I-131 therapy in first couple of months. Any strenuous exercise can promote strong, persistent contraction of your muscle. The first step is to check your blood for any electrolytes abnormalities in your blood. Usually it will show low level of calcium and you will increase your calcium intake in your food. If symptom do not go away, this spasm may be caused by low levels of potassium in your blood. Increasing high potassium food will solve this problem.

Constipation management in hypothyrodism

2010-01-30T15:59:00.000-08:00

Hypothyroidism patient usually have constipation because of low activity level of all organs in the body. As time go by, the bad stuff will cause harmful effect on your body. It may cause cancer eventually. I have done the following steps to get regular bowel movement.
1. Eat high potassium containing foods like tomato, banana,
2. Use water column to stimulate bowel movement
3. Eat high fiber containing vegetables like corn chips
4. Eat high protein rich meat

How I manage my weight gain for 2 years of hypothyroidism.

2010-01-30T11:19:00.000-08:00

I had hypothyroidism for more than 2 years, but am happy to say my weight always kept between 139 to 141 pound range. Here is some things I keep doing in following ways
1. Keep strict medication compliance. I take thyroxine pills the first thing in the morning with empty stomach.
2. Watch my weight every day. if weight increase, I will cut down my calories intake
3. Go to gym and exercise everyday for at least one hour
4. Take enough nutrients including protein, vitamin and minor mineral

2010-01-29T10:22:00.001-08:00

how to manage hypothyroidism

Before answer this question, we first need to understand what is hypothyroidism. By word, hypothyroidism is a low functional status of the thyroid, an organ located in front of the neck and regulate the basic working status of all organs like heart beat, respiration and many other life activities. All of life activities are automatic, that means it is out of your voluntary control. when the function of thyroid is low, all organs and tissues functions are low. So, you will experience low heart rate, often feeling cold(low metabolism in your skin) and constipation(low movement in your bowel). Also you will feel sleepy, easy fatigue and weight gain. Weight gain is probably is the most concerned and worried among any other symptoms because it can cause many other serious problems like high blood pressure, diabetes and arthritis. As time go by, it further can cause problem in the heart, liver and brain.

1. Management of weight gain

This is most important and first step to take in management of hypothyroidism because it can cause many other complications eventually if it is not well managed. Also it is mostly common complication of hypothyroidism.

For this step, the first thing you need to do is complete compliance with medicine. That means that you should take thyroxin every day at specific time, best in the Moring before taking breakfast for complete absorption in the bowel. The dose of thyroxin needs to adjusted according your basic signs and symptoms. You need to learn how to count heart rate, and pulse. Your normal heart rate is between 60-80 per minute. If you heart rate is below 60 and you have some other symptoms like, fussy vision, then you need increase your dose of medicine. But the most accurate method is to monitoring blood TSH, a hormone that regulate your level of thyroid hormone, which also reversely regulate the blood level of thyroid hormone. When TSH is high above normal range, you need gradually increase your thyroxin.

Dose of thyroxin differ greatly dependant on each individual. Everybody need to adjust the best dose for his own personal case.

The Second important issue is that many people usually forget their regular once a day strategy. This will cause a very bad to your control of hypothyroidism. You may end up with worsening of your symptoms like fatigue, blurriness in the eye and weight gain and you need increased dose of medicine to get full control of your problem. So you have to keep in mind that you must abide by strict compliance of medication. If you accidently miss one dose of your medication, you need take immediate action to take the missed one.

The third important thing to do is that you need to closely watch your weight every week, if not every day. Why so often? First of all, it is very good indicator how well your your medication works. If not well controlled, body body weight increase rapidly 1-5 pounds in one week depend on how much food you take every day and how much activities you done on daily basis. Secondly, it serve as the guidance for your daily food or calories intake and how much time you spend on the gym.