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Chapter 9: Glossary
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Chapter 9: Glossary
This glossary includes an alphanumeric listing of all system symbols and system terms.
A “See” reference in the glossary refers you to the accepted SonoSite term. For example: rather than
probe or scanhead, transducer is the accepted SonoSite term for this product.
A “See also” reference in the glossary refers you to a term that is related to this term, or provides
more information about this term. For example: 2D, CPD, and DCPD imaging are the system
imaging modes; they are cross-referenced in this glossary to provide related information about
system imaging.
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) has published,
Recommended Ultrasound
Terminology, Second Edition, 1997. Refer to it for ultrasound terms not contained in this glossary.
Keys
Terms
Freeze key, which stops live imaging and displays the frozen image with cine buffer.
Menu key, which turns the live imaging menu on and off.
Patient key, which allows access to patient information, image review, and system
set-up. It returns to live imaging when exiting a menu.
Power key, which turns system on and off.
Save key, which is used for saving frozen images to memory.
2D
(two-dimensional)
image A way to display echoes in two dimensions on a video display. Video
pixels are assigned a brightness level based on echo signal amplitude.
See also CPD image and DCPD image.
arrow A command to tell you to use the right, left, up, and down arrows on
the directional controller.
as low as reasonably
achievable (ALARA) The guiding principle of ultrasound use, which states that you should
keep patient exposure to ultrasound energy as low as reasonably
achievable for diagnostic results.