Pronouncing Vocabulary for Ultrasound Technology

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PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY FOR ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY

NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES

abscess / 
abscessed

absorption / 
absorb / 
absorbed

acoustic / 
acoustic / acoustic energy
acoustic enhancement
acoustic impedance
acoustic mismatch acoustic shadowing
acoustic window

aliasing

anechoic
  
angle of incidence / 
angular
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES

anisotropic

aperture

artery / 
arterial

artifacts

ascites

attenuation / 
attenuated

avascular
 
axial resolution
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
 
beam axis
 
beam divergence

calcification / 
calcify / 
calcified

cineloop
 

comet tail artifact

complexity / 
complex

complication / 
complicate / 
complicated

cysts / 
cystic
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES

diagnosis / 
diagnose / 
diagnostic

divergence / 
diverge / 
divergent
 

Doppler shift frequency
 
Doppler studies
 
echo brightness

echogenicity

effusions

enhancement / 
enhance / 
enhanced
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
 
 
extended field of view

filters / 
filter / 
filtered

fix / 
fixed
 
frame rate

geometric / 
geometrical

hepatofugal

hepatopetal

heterogeneity / 
heterogeneous
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES

homogeneity / 
homogeneous

hyperechoic

hypoechoic

ill-defined

immobility / 
immobilize / 
immobile

intensity / 
intensify / 
intense

interface
  
invasion into vessels
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
  
invasion into adjacent structures

irregularity / 
irregular

isoechoic
 
lateral resolution

lithotripsy

loculations

lumen / 
luminal
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES

lymphadenopathy

malignancy / 
malignant

metastasis / 
metastasize

mobility / 
mobilize / 
mobile

multiple
 
mural nodules
 
non-tender
 normal incidence
 oblique incidence
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES

oval / 
oval

parenchyma

persistence / 
persist / 
persistent


Piezoelectric effect

pixel
  
poorly-defined contours

pseudomass
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
 
rapid growth
 
reduced attenuation

reflection / 
reflect / 
reflective /
reflected

resistance / 
resist

reverberation / 
reverberate / 
reverberated
 
ringdown artifact

round
 
sample volume
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES

scattering / 
scatter / 
scattered

septations

shadowing / 
shadow

smooth

solid

solitary

sonographer

sonologist

speckle / 
speckle / 
speckled
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
 
specular reflection

stenosis

tenderness / 
tender

texture / 
textured

thickening / 
thicken / 
thickened

transducer

transient

transmission / 
transmit / 
transmitted

tumour
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES


ureteral dilatation

vascularity /  vascular

velocity
 
well-defined

PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY FOR ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY

Print up these sheets and test yourself. Write down the stress patterns and then check the answer key to see if they’re correct.

NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
abscess
absorption / absorb / absorbed
acoustic
anechoic
angle of incidence / angular
aperture
artery / arterial
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
artifacts
ascites
attenuation
avascular
axial resolution
beam axis
beam divergence
calcification
comet tail artifact
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
complexity / complex
complication / complicate / complicated
cysts / cystic
diagnosis / diagnose / diagnostic
divergence / diverge / divergent
Doppler shift frequency
Doppler studies
echo brightness
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
echogenicity
effusions
enhancement
extended field of view
filters
fixed
frame rate
geometric
heterogeneous
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
homogeneity / homogenous
hyperechoic
hypoechoic
ill-defined
immobile
intensity
interface
invasion into vessels
invasion into adjacent structures
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
irregularity / irregular
isoechoic
lateral resolution
loculations
lymphadenopathy
malignancy
metastasis
mobile
multiple
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
mural nodules
non-tender
normal incidence
oblique incidence
oval
parenchyma
persistent
Piezoelectric effect
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
pixel
poorly-defined contours
pseudomass
rapid growth
reduced attenuation
reflection
resistance
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
reverberation
ringdown artifact
round
scattering
septations
shadowing
smooth
solid
solitary
sonographer
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
sonologist
speckle
specular reflection
tenderness / tender
texture
thickening
transient
transmission
ureteral dilatation
NOUNS / VERBS / ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS / NOTES
vascularity / vascular
velocity
well-defined