Sound
units and definitions

Attenuation
Echos
100

The properties of the medium that determine wave velocity.

What is density and stiffness

100

The units for impedance 

What is Rayls?

100

absorption, reflection, scattering 

What are the mechanisms of attenuation? 

100

Reflection angle is equal to

What is incident angle?

200

The way the sonographer increases the PRP. 

What is increasing the depth 


200

concentration of mass 

What is density 

200

Frequency and attenuation coefficent are _________ related 

What is directly? 

200

Reflections off a boundary smaller than the wavelength .

What is scattering, non-specular or diffuse reflections. 

300

Frequency/Bandwidth 

What is Q Factor 

300
Rate at which work is done 

What is power 

300

The units for intensity

What is watts/cm²

300

The requirements for refraction

What is oblique incidence and different prop speeds. 

400
A range of frequencies 

What is bandwidth? 

400
The ratio of two intensities 

What is decibels? 

400

The amount of attenuation of sound per centimeter of soft tissue

What is the attenuation coefficient? 

400

1-IRC=

What is the ITC

500
The amount of time it takes to travel 1 cm and back in soft tissue. 
What is 13 microseconds. 
500
Bending with transmission 

What is refraction?

500

3dB/attenuation coefficient 

What is the HVL

500

The properties of the medium that determine impedance. 

What is density and propagation speed.

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