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Two dimensional multi planar acquisition,magnetic resonance imaging, 430"Two-pulse" wave<strong>for</strong>m, x-ray generator circuitdesigns, 126UUltrasound, 469-553, 470f See DopplerultrasoundA-mode, transducer, 508acoustic impedance, 14,477, 477tacoustic power, pulsed ultrasound intensity,549-551, 549f, 550tambiguity artifact, 504analog to digital conversion, 504-505, 505/array transducer, 489-490, 489/artifacts, 524-531attenuation, 481-483, 481t, 482/axial resolution, and image quality, 497-498B-mode, transducer, 508-509beam <strong>for</strong>mer, 502beam steering, 505biological mechanism, effect, 551-552, 553/contrast sensitivity, noise, and image quality,525-526damping block, 486-487, 487/Doppler per<strong>for</strong>mance measurements, 548dynamic focusing, 505electronic scanning and real-time display,512-515, 512f, 513/e1evational resolution, and image quality, 500enhancement artifact, 527f, 529grating lobe artifact, 530harmonic imaging, 517-522, 518f, 519f, 520f,521/image data acquisition, 501-510image quality, 524-531interaction with matter, 476-483lateral resolution, and image quality, 498-500M-mode, transducer, 509, 509/matching layer, 487-488measurements area, distance, volume, 516, 516/mechanical scanning and real-time display,510-511,511fmirror image artifact, 530multipath reflection artifact, 530phased array, 490piezoelectric crystal, 483-484, 485f, 486/preamplification, 504-505, 505/pulse echo operation, 502-504pulse echo technique, 13pulser,502quality assurance, 544-548, 545f, 546f, 548treceiver, 505-508, 506f, 507/reflection, 477-479, 478f, 479trefraction, 479-480resonance transducers, 484-486reverberation, 528f, 529-530scan converter, 509-510scattering, 480-481, 480/shadowing artifact, 527f, 529side lobe artifact, 530signal summation, 505slice thickness, 531sound, characteristics of See Sound,characteristics ofspatial resolution, 524-525special purpose transducer assemblies, 522, 523/speed artifact, 528f, 530system per<strong>for</strong>mance, 544-548three-dimensional imaging, 522-524, 524/transducer, 12,483-490,484/transmitlreceive switch, 502two-dimensional image display and storage,510-516ultrasound contrast agents, 517wave interference patterns, 474/Ultrasound beamfar field, 493Fraunhofer region, 493Fresnel region, 490-493grating lobes, 495-497, 496/Huygen's principle, 490nearfield, 490-493, 491f, 492/properties of, 490-500, 491/side lobes, 495-497, 496/spatial resolution, 497-500Ultrasound imaging, 12-13, 12/Uncharged particle interaction, 36-37, 36/Units, radiation. See Radiation quantitiesU.S. Food and Drug Administrationradio pharmaceuticals, regulation, 624U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 790radiopharmaceuticals, regulation, 625regulations, ALARA principle, 792Useful beam, sources of exposure, radiationprotection, 759VValence shell, 22, 23Variable frame rate pulsed fluoroscopy, 244-245Varying magnetic field effects, biologic effectsmagnetic resonance imaging, 466Vector versus scalar quantities, 865, 866/Veiling glare, output phosphor, 236Velocity, 532, 867Video camera, fluoroscopy, 240-242, 240/Video interface, 77Voltage, Bremsstrahlung spectrum, 97Voltage ripple, x-ray, 131-132, 132/Voxel volume,computed tomography, 329magnetic resonance imaging, 440WWAN. See Wide area networkWater spots, processor artifacts, 182

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