Presentation
Low grade fever with unilateral breast tenderness, erythema, and swelling
Patient Data
Reverberation artifact from the skin surface when using a standoff pad. Ghostly reverberations deep to the strongest artifact can also be seen.
Diagram of reverberation artifact.
Original work of Matt Morgan.
Case Discussion
Reverberation artifact is a common ultrasound artifact and occurs when a sound pulse reverberates back and forth between two strong parallel reflectors.
With the exception of comet-tail artifact, a subtype of reverberation, reverberation artifact has little diagnostic use.
The artifact can be improved by changing the angle of insonation. If the angle is changed, the pulse is reflected off at an angle and either a) does not encounter the second parallel strong reflector, or b) is reflected away from the transducer.
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