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Breast
Anatomy
Sono
Principles
Breast Cancer &
Mammo
Sono Image
Characteristics
MammoSound
100
Another term for the female breast
What is MAMMARY GLAND
100
The year Dr. Howry developed the first ultrasound scanner
What is 1948
100
Breast Cancer risks include:
What is *FAMILY HISTORY *AGE *HORMONAL HISTORY
100
Without internal echos
What is ANECHOIC
100
Breast Cancer is ONLY diagnosed by:
What is BIOPSY / TISSUE SAMPLING SENT TO LAB
200
Another name for the Axillary Tail
What is the AXILLARY PROLONGATION
200
Ultrasound transducers convert electricity into sound and then sound into electricity. This is know as the:
What is PULSE-ECHO PRINCIPLE
200
This cancer kills more women overall
What is LUNG CANCER
200
Contains both anechoic and echogenic regions
What is COMPLEX
200
Screening mammograms consist of these 2 projections
What is CC & MLO (Craniocaudal & Mediolateral Oblique)
300
As the female gets older, the size of her breast lobules become:
What is SMALLER
300
Some materials produce a voltage when deformed by an applied pressure. This is called:
What is PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT
300
The percent of breast cancers that remain uattainable by x-ray
What is 10%
300
Echo pattern that is different throughout a structure or mass
What is HETEROGENEOUS
300
The year the first dedicated mammo unit was introduced
What is 1967
400
The usual shape of the breast
What is CONE-SHAPED
400
Ultrasound is soundwaves beyond the audible range. That range is:
What is >20kHz
400
A benign excessive development of the male mammary gland
What is GYNECOMASTIA
400
With internal echoes
What is ECHOGENIC
400
Biological effects in sonography are divided into these two groups
What is *HEAT (THERMAL) *MECHANICAL
500
The amount of lobes an adult female breast contains
What is 15 TO 20
500
The weakening of a sound wave
What is ATTENUATION
500
The location most breast masses are located
What is UPPER OUTER QUADRANT
500
Describes the relative level of echogenicity of a structure
What is ECHOTEXTURE
500
Before a sonographer can take a specialty exam, this exam is required first
What is PHYSICS EXAM / SPI (SONOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLES AND INSTRUMENTATION)