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ultrasonography
1. A technique that makes use of echoes of ultrasound pulses to delineate objects or areas of different density within the body, especially, for diagnostic purposes.
2. The location, measurement, or delineation of deep structures by measuring the reflection or transmission of high frequency or ultrasonic waves.

Computer calculation of the distance to the sound-reflecting or absorbing surface plus the known orientation of the sound beam gives a two-dimensional image. Also: sonography.

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