DOPPLER SHIFT=
REFLECTED FREQ - INCIDENT FREQ.
DOPPLER SHIFT EQUATION
DS = 2 x SPEED OF REFLECTOR x OPERATING FREQ x COSINE/ PROPAGATION SPEED
“2” IN DS EQUATION:
INITIAL ENCOUNTER W/SOUND WAVE AND REDIRECTION TO SOURCE.
OPERATING FREQUENCY IS ______ RELATED TO MAGNITUDE OF SHIFT.
DIRECTLY
VELOCITY OF REFLECTOR _______ PROPORTIONAL TO DOPPLER SHIFT.
DIRECTLY
THE GREATER THE ANGLE (TOWARD 90 DEGREES) THE ______ THE COSINE.
SMALLER
COSINE OF 90 DEGREES
0
DOPPLER SHIFT FREQUENCY IS ___________ TO VELOCITY OF FLOW.
PROPORTIONAL
CW DOPPLER
DETERMINES DIRECTION OF DS
QUADRATURE DETECTION
DETERMINES IF DS IS POS OR NEG.
BI-DIRECTIONAL DEVICE
CANNOT DETERMINE IF DS IS POS OR NEG.
UNI-DIRECTIONAL DEVICE
PW DOPPLER
IMPROPER REPRESENTATION OF A POS SHIFT AS A NEG SHIFT
ALIASING
ALIASING OCCURS:
-WITH UNDERSAMPLING
-SAMPLING FREQ MUST = PRF
(PRF MUST BE 2x DS FREQ.)
-NYQUIST LIMIT EXCEEDED
NYQUIST LIMIT =
1/2 PRF
ELIMINATION OF ALIASING:
SEPARATION OF MULTIPLE FREQUENCY COMPONENTS IN DOPPLER SIGNAL TO INDIVIDUAL ONES.
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS
PURPOSE OF SPECTRAL ANALYSIS:
-PROVIDE QUANTITATIVE DATA ON DIFFERENT REFLECTORS
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY:
FFT (FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM) PROCESSOR
COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL PROCESS ANALYZING SIGNAL AND PRESENTING IN REAL TIME.
FFT (FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM) PROCESSOR
INFO PW DOPPLER PRODUCES:
QUANTITATIVE DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS RELATE TO______________________.
PULSATILITY OF FLOW.
PULSATILITY INDEX:
PI = MAX VELOCITY - MIN VELOCITY / MEAN VELOCITY