ultrasound probe
Medical imaging sensor
An ultrasound probe is the handheld device that emits and receives sound waves during ultrasound imaging.
The technician or physician presses it against the body—or inserts it into a cavity—to generate images of internal structures: The doctor moved the ultrasound probe across her abdomen to check the fetus.
- sonographyImaging using sound waves
- transducerEnergy form converter
- heart chambersSections within the pump organ
- medical deviceTool for clinical use
- piezoelectricityStress-generated electricity in crystals
transvaginal · echolocation · endoscope · intracavitary · ovarian follicles · biopsy · fetal monitoring · uterine lining · curvilinear · imaging · Doppler effect · carotid arteries · monitor · cavity · crystal · high frequency · sound waves · pregnancy
invasiveness
ultrasound probeexploratory surgery
surgical incision · laparoscope · arthroscope · biopsy needle · bronchoscope