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Ultrasonography

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Definition: The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections of echoes of pulses of ultrasonic waves directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz.  general only; prefer /ultrasonogr with organs & diseases: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.77; entry term ECHOTOMOGRAPHY is seen in foreign liturature: if so, use "ultrasonography" or "ultrasonic diagnosis" or "ultrasonic imaging" in translations & not "echotomography   
See Also Anatomy, Cross-Sectional
Examples Carotid Intima-Media Thickness; Echocardiography; Echoencephalography; Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Endosonography; Microscopy, Acoustic; Ultrasonography, Doppler; Ultrasonography, Interventional; Ultrasonography, Mammary; Ultrasonography, Prenatal 		Other names Ultrasonic Imagings; Ultrasonic Diagnoses; Medical Sonography; Imagings, Ultrasonic; Imaging, Ultrasonic; Echotomographies; Diagnoses, Ultrasonic; Ultrasonic Tomography; Diagnosis, Ultrasonic; Computer Echotomography; Ultrasonic Imaging; Ultrasonic Diagnosis; Tomography, Ultrasonic; Sonography, Medical; Echotomography, Computer; Echotomography; Echography

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