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An ultrasound machine is being used to try to identify potential kidney stones. The machine is working properly and no kidney stones are found.
Which statement best describes this situation?
The generated sound wave will not be able to reflect off of the object.
The sound wave will not be generated, so there will be no echoes received.
The echoes will be made but will not be able to be received by the machine.
The machine can process echoes into images, but with the broken screen, they can't be displayed.
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"The generated sound wave will not be able to reflect off of the object."
Explanation: If the machine is functioning properly but no kidney stones are present, there is nothing with the required acoustic impedance contrast to produce echoes from a stone — so the transmitted pulse simply doesn't reflect off a stone (because there is none) and no stone signal appears on the image.
Explanation: If the machine is functioning properly but no kidney stones are present, there is nothing with the required acoustic impedance contrast to produce echoes from a stone — so the transmitted pulse simply doesn't reflect off a stone (because there is none) and no stone signal appears on the image.
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