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echoencephalography, n. Med.|ˌɛkəʊɛnsɛfəˈlɒgrəfɪ|
[f. echo n. + encephalography n. s.v. encephalo-.]
The use of reflected ultrasound to examine the skull and brain.
1956L. Leksell in Acta Chirurg. Scand. CX. 301 The terminology for the diagnostic ultrasonic examinations is inconsistent. The terms echograph and echogram..appear to be adequate and the term echo-encephalography will be used to designate examination of the brain by this method. 1976Lancet 30 Oct. 959/1 Hydrocephalus was revealed by echoencephalography.
Also ˌechoenˈcephalogram n., a record or tracing which has been obtained in echoencephalography; ˌechoencephaloˈgraphic a.; ˌechoencephaloˈgraphically adv., by means of echoencephalography.
1956L. Leksell in Acta Chirurg. Scand. CX. 302 It is as yet often impossible to say with certainty to which structure a given reflex in the echo-encephalogram is referable. 1964Med. Electronics & Biol. Engin. II. 21/1 Victims are investigated echo-encephalographically for intra-cranial haematoma. 1968Jrnl. Acoustical Soc. Amer. XLIV. 1339 (heading) Effect of the skull in degrading the display of echoencephalographic B and C Scans. 1974C. B. T. Adams in R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery xiv. 270 Echo-encephalogram. This technique depends on ultra-sound..being transmitted through part of the skull just above the ears, where the sides of the skull are most nearly parallel, so that the sound will bounce off the pineal gland and the walls of the third ventricle. |