ECHOCARDIOGRAM

Echocardiogram is record of ultrasonic measurements in the heart. It is analogous to the electrocardiogram. A record of ultrasonic measurements from the brain is known as echoencephalogram. Ultrasonic eye analysis is known as ultrasonogram. Some other instruments where ultrasonics used are ultrasonograph, ultrasonoscope, sonofluoroscope etc. A phased-array ultrasonograph is nothing but a virtual medical ultrasound laboratory in a single mobile instrument. It includes a large video display which makes possible easy viewing and parallely presents supplementary information along with the diagnostic image. Here two different sets of gain controls give maximum flexibility in optimizing the image for specific information.