The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz.
Synonyms: Diagnoses, Ultrasonic, Diagnosis, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic Ultrasound, Ultrasonographic Imaging, Imaging, Ultrasonic, Ultrasound, Diagnostic, Ultrasonography, Imagings, Ultrasonographic, Tomography, Ultrasonic, Ultrasonic Diagnosis, Ultrasonic Diagnoses, Ultrasounds, Diagnostic, Echotomography, Echotomography, Computer, Ultrasound Imaging, Imaging, Ultrasonographic, Ultrasonic Tomography, Sonography, Medical, Imaging, Ultrasound, Medical Sonography, Imagings, Ultrasound, Diagnostic Ultrasounds, Echography, Computer Echotomography, Ultrasonic Imaging, Ultrasonographic Imagings
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