ultrasound
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Echocardiography is the study of the heart using high frequency sound waves or ultrasound .
sound or other vibrations having an ultrasonic frequency, particularly as used in medical imaging.
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The appendix can also be directly imaged under 'ultrasound' using a linear transducer.
A smaller, portable machine called a Doppler uses 'ultrasound' for intermittent monitoring.
Conveniently, 'ultrasound' also has a shorter range than audible sound.
Under each 'ultrasound' condition, viability of cells was also assessed using trypan blue.
Lasers, 'ultrasound' and freezing can also be used to take out tonsils.
The use of 'ultrasound' and magnetic resonance since 1945 has also made it easier to diagnose disease.
In these cases it sometimes helps to subject the fracture site to pulsed electromagnetic fields or to 'ultrasound' .
Phacoemulsification is the procedure in which the lens is dissolved using sound energy or 'ultrasound' .
an 'ultrasound' scanner
This is measured by means of 'ultrasound' and electro-magnetic mechanisms.
I have to take my daughter-in-law for her 'ultrasound'
Even at low levels 'ultrasound' can cause jarring vibrations and a rise in temperature.
Echocardiography is the study of the heart using high frequency sound waves or 'ultrasound' .
See here for some stuff on 'ultrasound' weaponry, if you are interested.
I believe this technology is based on 'ultrasound' , not magnetism.
Similar setups are used on a much larger scale for 'ultrasound' cleaning in industry.
This moth, upon hearing a bat, emits 'ultrasound' pulses at its wing beat rate to identify it to the bat.
The big brother of 'ultrasound' , infrasound means frequencies too low to be heard by the human ear.
It has a video camera eye, and several 'ultrasound' sensors which emit pulses of sound and can measure the distance from an object by the echo.
The researchers found that mist emission decreased with increasing 'ultrasound' power.
Because it uses sound waves instead of radiation, 'ultrasound' is safer than X-rays.
Hifu treatment uses a beam of high intensity 'ultrasound' focused on the cancer.
Returning to the office, he was pleased to find copies of both obstetric 'ultrasounds' awaiting him, each with evidence of a viable intrauterine pregnancy.
Because of my controversial choices, I've had regular, probably more than most women, mammograms, 'ultrasounds' .
Hundreds of images are taken during the MRI exam, analyzed by computer and physician, then compared to the patient's mammograms and 'ultrasounds' .
‘They have to have hormonal injections, come for 'ultrasounds' , scans, blood tests - and honestly I can't see anybody doing it for free,’ says Tan.
These typically will resolve without intervention, but they are monitored with periodic renal 'ultrasounds' to ensure complete resolution.
Abdominal 'ultrasounds' , multiple upper gastrointestinal studies and an air contrast barium enema had been normal since the cholecystectomy.
Although most are rarely needed, there are literally hundreds of laboratory tests and other studies that can be ordered (X-rays, CT scans, 'ultrasounds' , etc.).
There are three types of 'ultrasounds' : scanning devices, doptones, and external fetal monitors (EFMs).
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