ultrasound scanner
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈʌltrəˌsaʊnd ˈskænər/
- Specialized
:
escáner de ultrasonido
- During the medical examination, the technician operated the ultrasound scanner to create images of the patient's organs.
- using an ultrasound scanner
Examples
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The clinic recently purchased a new ultrasound scanner to improve its diagnostic capabilities.
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The ultrasound scanner used in this study is equipped with a mechanical sector transducer.
Academic text (1997) -
It is therefore expected that the image quality can be further improved by using a more advanced ultrasound scanner equipped with a linear array transducer.
Academic text (1997) -
In brief, the system consists of a water tank, a seating and lifting device, a portable ultrasound scanner, and a personal computer (PC), as shown in Figure 1.
Academic text (1997) -
For a low-cost ultrasound scanner (less than $10,000), such as used in this study, the lateral resolution also changes significantly with scan depth.
Academic text (1997) -
The internal dimension of each kidney was measured by replaying the original videorecording (U-matic) through the ultrasound scanner.
Academic text (1991) -
Though she would like to see it clearly, that amazing signal in Ashley's uterus she couldn't quite visualize even when Doctor Rick tried to point out its shape on the ultrasound scanner.
Fiction book (1993) -
Rather than measuring the perpendicular distance from the center of joint rotation to the line of action of the muscle-tendon unit, we move the joint through a known rotation while measuring the sliding of the tendon beneath the skin using an ultrasound scanner.
Academic text (2009) -
Echo signals received by the transducer are first amplified by the portable ultrasound scanner, and the detected echo envelope signals are then transmitted to the PC for digitization and image reconstruction.
Academic text (1997) -
The doctor used an ultrasound scanner to check the baby's heartbeat during the pregnancy.
Synonyms
357
3.3
An electronic machine that detects information, for example radar or a device that makes digital pictures of papers
A machine that makes pictures of the inside of the body using sound waves
How Invasive
273
3.7
- Specialized
3
7.2
- Archaic
- Specialized
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5.8
- Specialized
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4.1
- US
49
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'ultrasound' (imaging using high-frequency sound) + 'scanner' (a device that detects or digitizes), so it denotes a device that scans using ultrasound. This noun+noun compound is literal and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun ultrasound scanner comes from the idea of using very high sound we cannot hear to make pictures. Like a bat that sends sounds and listens for echoes, the scanner turns those echoes into a picture to 'see inside' the body, so the name means a machine that makes images of the inside of the body.