Medical Terminology / Unit 14 MedTerm 0924 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Ultrasonography
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The idea
Ultrasonography produces images using high-frequency sound waves reflected from body structures.
In practice
The image produced is a sonogram.
Where people slip
Ultrasonography uses no ionizing radiation, unlike radiography and CT.
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