ultrasonography

American  

[uhl-truh-suh-nog-ruh-fee, -soh-] / ˌʌl trə səˈnɒg rə fi, -soʊ- /

noun

1. a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.

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ultrasonography British  

/ ˌʌltrəsəˈnɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. the technique of using ultrasound to produce pictures of structures within the body, as for example of a fetus

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ultrasonography Scientific  

/ ŭl′trə-sə-nŏg′rə-fē /

1. Diagnostic imaging in which ultrasound is used to image an internal body structure or a developing fetus.

2. See Note at ultrasound

3. An imaging technology that uses high-frequency sound waves to visualize underwater objects, topography, boundaries between layers, and currents. It is often used to locate underwater vehicles on the ocean floor. The sound waves are broadcast, and the timing and frequency shift of their echoes are analyzed in much the same manner as in sonar to produce an image or map of the phenomena or objects under investigation.

4. Also called ultrasound

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Etymology

Origin of ultrasonography

First recorded in 1950–55; ultra- + sono- + -graphy

Example Sentences

Pulse wave velocity was measured by impedance cardiography, while carotid intima-media thickness and carotid artery distensibility were measured by carotid ultrasonography.

From Science Daily

McFadden and her team built a high-frequency ultrasonography system to measure eye size and how quickly eyes grow to better understand myopia and its contributing factors.

From Science Daily

“It comes from the rise of ultrasonography,” says Nash, author of “Making ‘Postmodern’ Mothers: Pregnant Embodiment, Baby Bumps and Body Image.”

From Scientific American

As a marine biologist at the Okinawa Churashima Foundation in Japan, Matsumoto has had success using ultrasonography to find pregnancies in manta rays, zebra sharks, tawny nurse sharks and a host of other marine creatures.

From Washington Post

They measured the perfusion rate using an imaging technique called contrast-enhanced ultrasonography.

From Nature