Michael Francois Nel on Radiopaedia.org

Michael Francois Nel

MBChB, BSC (Med) Hons

Michael is a medical doctor (MBChB, BSc (Med) Hons) from Cape Town, South Africa.

In 2023, he started Radiology Tutorials, which provides online radiology education for junior doctors and radiology trainees.

Michael has created three Radiopaedia imaging physics learning pathways.

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Question 2819

Which of the following is NOT a function of the damping block?

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Question 2820

Which ultrasound mode is used to generate a 2 dimensional greyscale image?

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Question 2821

Which of the following is true regarding time gain compensation?

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Question 2822

Amplification of signal generated from ultrasound echoes returning from deeper tissues is known as what?

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Question 2823

Which of the following will reduce the near field length of an ultrasound beam?

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Question 2824

Radial expansion of piezoelectric transducer crystals is responsible for which phenomenon?

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Question 2825

Which of the following will reduce side lobe intensity?

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Question 2826

In ultrasound, which of the following does not change with increasing imaging depth?

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Question 2827

Which of the following improves temporal resolution in ultrasound imaging?

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Question 2828

Which change will result in a decrease in Doppler shift measured by the transducer?

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Question 2829

Color Doppler has worse temporal resolution than B-mode imaging due to what?

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Question 2830

Which of the following will increase the maximum velocity a pulse wave Doppler machine is able to accurately detect?

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Question 2831

Which of the following parameters can NOT be assessed on an arterial spectral waveform in a healthy patient?

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Question 2832

Which of the following is not an advantage of harmonic ultrasound imaging?

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Question 2833

Which of the following ultrasound modes has the shortest spatial pulse length (best axial resolution)?

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Question 2834

Which ultrasound artifact occurs as a result of refraction?

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Question 2835

Which of the following CANNOT account for shadowing in ultrasound imaging?

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Question 2836

Which of the following intensity measures is used to estimate thermal bioeffects?

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Question 2837

Which of the following increases the likelihood of thermal bioeffects in ultrasound imaging?

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Question 2933

Increasing the strength of the main magnetic field (B0) will...

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