Echoes created in ultrasonography are the result of

a. differences in acoustic impedances at tissue interfaces.
b. similar tissues having the same acoustic impedance.
c. tissue interfaces running at angles parallel to the primary beam path.
d. photoelectric and Compton scattering interactions.


a. differences in acoustic impedances at tissue interfaces.

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