Definition of sonography in English:
sonography
noun səˈnɒɡrəfisəˈnäɡrəfē
mass noun1The analysis of sound using an instrument which produces a graphical representation of its component frequencies.
Example sentencesExamples
- I then inputted the vocalizations into a Macintosh computer and produced sonograms using the sound analysis computer program Canary 1.2.
2
another term for ultrasonography
Example sentencesExamples
- Recent studies using Doppler sonography and near infrared spectroscopy have shown increased perfusion of the middle cerebral artery in patients with chronic cerebrovascular disease given a single infusion of vinpocetine.
- It should be supplemented with trans-vaginal sonography and a recto-vaginal pelvic exam all done at the same time.
- In colour flow sonography, pulsed Doppler signals are used to produce the images.
- Brain scans using Doppler sonography, conducted in 1999 in Germany at the University of Munster and the University of Dortmund, found that when non-musicians listened to music, the blood flow to the right hemisphere increased.
- After sonography my condition was diagnosed as ‘choroidal haemangioma’.
Derivatives
noun
After the Borojo-Noni treatment subsequent sonographs were taken and uncovered the absence of lesions.
Example sentencesExamples
- The first sonographs were rather crude having low resolution and could only reliably be used to detect large physical targets such as shipwrecks.
- The tracks of the trawl gears were still observed in sonographs of the bottom 1 yr after the first experiment.
- The level of ultrasound power emitted is not adjustable on a fetal doppler unlike that of a sonograph.
- The sonographs are functions of the seafloor's relief, microtopography and roughness, and physical properties.
adjective
A spectrum of sonographic results may be found.
Example sentencesExamples
- As time progressed, a gradual reduction in thickness and a gradual return to a normal sonographic appearance was observed.
- Tape recording responses during playback surveys with follow-up sonographic analysis using a discriminant model would improve the accuracy of such surveys.
- The sonographic calf evaluation shows an echogenic tubular structure with acoustic shadowing in a focal area of pain.
- Furthermore, sonographic features of pregnancy have been proposed as predictors.