Ultrasound (disambiguation)
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Ultrasound is sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing.
Ultrasound and ultrasonic may also refer to:
Imaging and measurement
- Medical ultrasonography, an ultrasound-based diagnostic imaging technique
- Ultrasound computer tomography, utilizing ultrasound waves as physical phenomenon for imaging
- Ultrasound tongue imaging, imaging technique
- Ultrasound transmission tomography, a form of tomography involving ultrasound
Media and art
- Ultra-Sonic (band), a Scottish dance group
- Ultrasonic (film), a 2012 American independent film
- Ultrasonics (journal), a bimonthly peer reviewed scientific journal
- Ultrasound (band), a rock band
Other uses
- Ultrasonic antifouling, a technology that helps reduce fouling on underwater structures
- Ultrasonic cavitation device, a surgical device to dissect or fragment tissues with low fiber content
- Ultrasonic cleaning, ultrasound and an appropriate solvent to clean items
- Ultrasonic drug delivery, ultrasound to enhance the transport of molecules into or through biological tissue
- Ultrasound energy, mechanical energy called sound characterized by vibrating or moving particles within a medium
- Ultrasonic grating, diffraction grating produced by interfering ultrasonic waves
- Ultrasonic hearing, auditory effect which allows humans to perceive sounds of a much higher frequency than would ordinarily be audible
- Ultrasonic horn, a tapering metal bar commonly used for augmenting the oscillation displacement amplitude
- Ultrasonic motors, a type of motor that utilizes ultrasonic vibrations
- Ultrasonic sensors, and transducers which use ultrasound to measure distance and velocity
- Ultrasonic soldering, a flux-less soldering process that uses ultrasonic energy
- Ultrasonic testing, a technique of non-destructive testing
- Ultrasonic thickness gauge, a measuring instrument for the non-destructive investigation of a material's thickness
- Ultrasonic welding, ultrasonic acoustic vibrations to create a solid-state weld
- Ultrasound avoidance, reflex displayed by certain animal species that are preyed upon by echolocating predators
- Gravis Ultrasound, a sound card for the PC
- Vox Ultrasonic,a mid- to late-1960s hollow body thinline electric guitar