Flashcards: Medical ultrasonography

Medical ultrasound (also known as diagnostic sonography or ultrasonography) is a diagnostic imaging technique based on the application of ultrasound.

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) or echo-endoscopy is a medical procedure in which endoscopy (insertion of a probe into a hollow organ) is combined with ultrasound to obtain images of the internal organs in the chest , abdomen and colon.

An echocardiogram, often referred to as a cardiac echo or simply an echo, is a sonogram of the heart.

Flow measurement is the quantification of bulk fluid movement.

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is an early stage medical technology that is in various stages of development worldwide to treat a range of disorders.

Ian Donald (December 1910 – 19 June 1987) was a Scottish physician who pioneered the use of diagnostic ultrasound in medicine.

Exablate is a family of non-invasive medical devices manufactured by Insightec, a company headquartered in Haifa, Israel with regional offices in USA (Dallas, Texas), China, Japan and Europe.

Keloid disorder results in very hard to treat fibro-proliferative cutaneous connective tissue secondary to dysregulation in various skin repair and healing processes in individuals who are genetically predisposed to this disorder.

Obstetric ultrasonography is the use of medical ultrasonography in pregnancy, in which sound waves are used to create real-time visual images of the developing embryo or fetus in its mother's uterus (womb).

D. Jackson Coleman is a Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital at The Edward S.

Roger Cobbin Sanders (born June 17, 1936) is an American doctor specializing in Ultrasound and Radiology.