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B-scan

ultrasonography

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diagnostic use

In ultrasonics: Diagnosis
In the B-scan mode, a linear array of transducers is used to scan a plane in the body, and the resultant data is displayed on a television screen as a two-dimensional plot. The A-scan technique uses a single transducer to scan along a line in the body,…
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