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Descriptor English: Ultrasonics
Descriptor Spanish: Ultrasonido
Descriptor ultrasónica
Scope note: Campo de la acústica que estudia el intervalo de radiofrecuencias más altas que las ondas del SONIDO (aproximadamente por encima de 20 kilohertzios). La radiación ultrasónica se utiliza de manera terapéutica (DIATERMIA y TERAPIA POR ULTRASONIDOS) para producir CALOR y destruir tejidos de forma selectiva. También se utiliza en el diagnóstico, por ejemplo, la ULTRASONOGRAFÍA, la ECOENCEFALOGRAFÍA y la ECOCARDIOGRAFÍA, para visualizar el eco recibido de los tejidos irradiados.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ultrassom
Descriptor French: Science des ultrasons
Entry term(s): Ultrasonic
Tree number(s): H01.671.031.849
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014465
Scope note: A subfield of acoustics dealing in the radio frequency range higher than acoustic SOUND waves (approximately above 20 kilohertz). Ultrasonic radiation is used therapeutically (DIATHERMY and ULTRASONIC THERAPY) to generate HEAT and to selectively destroy tissues. It is also used in diagnostics, for example, ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; and ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, to visually display echoes received from irradiated tissues.
Annotation: the discipline (education, history, etc.) only; use ULTRASONOGRAPHY or ULTRASONIC THERAPY or specifics for diagnostic or therapeutic use of ULTRASONIC WAVES
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Entry Combination: therapeutic use:Ultrasonic Therapy
Related: Ultrasonic Waves MeSH
DeCS ID: 14864
Unique ID: D014465
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/03/17
Ultrasonics - Preferred
Concept UI M0022238
Scope note A subfield of acoustics dealing in the radio frequency range higher than acoustic SOUND waves (approximately above 20 kilohertz). Ultrasonic radiation is used therapeutically (DIATHERMY and ULTRASONIC THERAPY) to generate HEAT and to selectively destroy tissues. It is also used in diagnostics, for example, ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; and ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, to visually display echoes received from irradiated tissues.
Preferred term Ultrasonics
Entry term(s) Ultrasonic



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