ultrasonic testing — scanning of surfaces using ultrasound … English contemporary dictionary
Scanning acoustic microscope — A Scanning Acoustic Microscope (SAM) is a device which uses focused sound to investigate, measure, or image an object (a process called Scanning Acoustic Tomography). It is commonly used in failure analysis and non destructive evaluation. It also … Wikipedia
ultrasonic tomography — the ultrasonographic visualization of a cross section of a predetermined plane of the body by linear scanning with an ultrasonic probe across the desired site and displaying on a B scan … Medical dictionary
D. Jackson Coleman — is the John Milton McLean Professor of Ophthalmology and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Ophthalmology at New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Contents 1 Career 2 Research 3 Offices Awards … Wikipedia
ultrasonics — /ul treuh son iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of science that deals with the effects of sound waves above human perception. [1930 35; see ULTRASONIC, ICS] * * * Vibrational or stress waves in elastic media that have a frequency above… … Universalium
Carotid Doppler machine — A carotid Doppler machine (the same ultrasound machine used to evaluate the fetus in pregnant women) is a device which can be used to measure blood flow velocities within the cervical carotid arteries, as well as the vertebral arteries and… … Wikipedia
sonogram — SYN: ultrasonogram. [L. sonus, sound, + G. gramma, a drawing] * * * sono·gram sän ə .gram n an image produced by ultrasound called also echogram, ultrasonogram * * * sono·gram (sonґo gram) a record or display obtained by ultrasonic scanning … Medical dictionary
nephrosonography — neph·ro·so·nog·ra·phy (nef″ro so nogґrə fe) ultrasonic scanning of the kidney … Medical dictionary
sonarography — so·nar·og·ra·phy (so″nər ogґrə fe) ultrasonic scanning that provides a two dimensional image corresponding to clear sections of acoustic interfaces in tissues … Medical dictionary
USE — abbr. Ultrasonic Scanning Equipment … Dictionary of abbreviations
URS — ultrasonic renal scanning; upstream repressing sequence … Medical dictionary