ultrasound images
Sound-wave body pictures
Ultrasound images are pictures produced by bouncing high-frequency sound waves off internal body structures.
The technology is most familiar from prenatal scans showing a fetus in the womb: The ultrasound images showed the baby was healthy.
Medical professionals use ultrasound to examine organs, detect abnormalities, and guide procedures without radiation exposure.
- sonogramUltrasound-produced medical image
- black and whiteWithout middle ground
- fetusGestating offspring
- wombFetal development organ
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
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- prenatal datagestational age, fetal heart rate, head circumference, due date, nuchal translucency
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- medical trainingmedical residency, medical schools, internal medicine, CPR, anatomical model
ultrasound imagesradiographs
Images made by radiation
CT scans · PET scans · fluoroscopy · X-rays · mammograms
ultrasound imagesexploratory surgery
laparoscopy · endoscopy · arthroscopy · bronchoscopy · gross examination
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