Ultrasound scanner
device · 1956 · Digital age
Imaging organs by reflected ultrasound.
What it is made of
- Ultrasound transducer probe — has part. An array of piezoelectric elements.
- Digital signal processor — has part. Forming the image.
- Monitor — has part. A screen.
Principles and materials it uses
- Ultrasound — uses. Ultrasound.
- Piezoelectric effect — uses. A piezo transducer.
- Doppler effect — uses. Doppler imaging of blood flow.
Things built in a similar way
- Sonar — works like. A medical sonar: the same echo principle.