Artefacts

Comet tail artefact

This is a type of reverberation artifact. It results in a short train of reverberations from an echogenic focus which has strong parallel reflectors within it .The comet tail artifact is a grey scale ultrasound finding seen in small calcific,  crystalline or other highly reflective objects.

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