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ULTRASONIC IMAGERY [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ultrasonography
CONT

Ultrasound imagery is the use of waves of ultrasound--sound which is above the range audible to the human ear--as a medical diagnostic tool to visualize internal body structures and organs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ultrasonographie
OBS

ultrasonique : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

Un faisceau ultrasonore, émis par une sonde, pénètre dans l'organisme où il subit de nombreuses réflexions. Ces ondes réfléchies sont recueillies par cette même sonde puis numérisées, traitées et adressées sur un moniteur.

Spanish

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