2010 Group Project 1

Ultrasound

Current Uses in Prenatal Diagnosis

Subheadings: Normal uses during pregnancy/Diagnosing abnormalities?

Glossary

Linear image: A rectangular image produced by a transducer with elements next to each other, giving off ultrasound pulses in parallel lines

Modified sector scan: A fan-shaped image with a curved top produced by a transducer with elements next to each other that also emit pulses in different directions

Pizoelectric effect:

Pulse-echo technique:

Scan line: the line of dots representing the information from one pulse of ultrasound

Sonographer: a trained ultrasound technician

Sonography: medical anatomical imaging using ultrasound

Sonologist: a medical practitioner who is a trained ultrasound technician

Sector scan: A fan-shaped image produced by a transducer with ultrasound pulses emitting from the same point but in different directions

Transducer:

2010 ANAT2341 Group Projects

Project 1 - Ultrasound | Project 2 - Chorionic villus sampling | Project 3 - Amniocentesis | Group Project 4 - Percutaneous Umbilical Cord Blood Sampling | Project 5 - Fetal Fibronectin | Project 6 - Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein | Group Assessment Criteria

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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, May 1) Embryology 2010 Group Project 1. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/2010_Group_Project_1

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