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Ultrasound Basics Step 1

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Ultrasound Basics Step 1

Step 1 (1 hour): Self Learning Pre-Tests

Complete the Self Learning Pre-Tests. These pre-tests do not have a minimum score but must be completed prior to moving on to the next step of the curriculum.

Obtaining Views Self Test

In ultasound, artifacts are:
- Due to patient’s body habitus
- Caused by procedure itself
- Leads to appearance of structures not there
- All of the above
When the image on the screen is too "bright" and you are unable to view structures the gain is said to be:
- Low
- High
- Expanded
- Right Shifted
What artifact is commonly seen past a highly echogenic structure like a gallstone or rib?
- Mirroring
- Duplication
- Shadowing
- Spectral4
Which one of the following has the least attenuation of the ultrasound signal?
- Air
- Bone
- Muscle
- Fats
On ultrasound, free fluid will appear _____, and echogenicity will be said to be _______.
- Grey; hyperechoic
- White, hypoechoic
- Black; hypoechoic
- Can not be seen; isoechoic