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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Imaging > Ultrasonography

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Ultrasonography  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Diagnostic Ultrasound
  • Diagnostic Ultrasounds
  • Echography
  • Echotomography
  • Imagings, Ultrasonographic
  • Imagings, Ultrasound
  • Imaging, Ultrasonic
  • Imaging, Ultrasonographic
  • Imaging, Ultrasound
  • Medical Sonography
  • Sonography, Medical
  • Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Ultrasonographic Imaging
  • Ultrasonographic Imagings
  • Ultrasound, Diagnostic
  • Ultrasound Imaging
  • Ultrasounds, Diagnostic

Note

  • IM general only; coordinate NIM with anatomical term or disease term ‌/‌diag ‌image; note many specific ultrasonographic techniques are available

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91; was ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS 1985-90; was DIAGNOSIS, ULTRASONIC (NON MESH) 1974-84

In other languages

  • kaikukuvaus

    Finnish

  • echographia
  • kaikukuvaukset
  • kaikututkimukset
  • kaikututkimus
  • sonografia
  • ultrasonografia
  • ultraäänitutkimukset
  • ultraäänitutkimus
  • UÄ
  • UÄ-tutkimukset
  • UÄ-tutkimus
  • Ultraljudsundersökning

    Swedish

  • Ekotomografi
  • Medicinsk sonografi
  • Ultraljuddiagnostik
  • Ultrasonografi

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014463

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