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MeSH Heading: Endosonography
Tree Number(s): E01.370.350.850.280
Unique ID: D019160
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019160
Annotation: coordinate with organ or disease /‌diag image; do not index ENDOSCOPY or specific endoscopic technique unless also discussed
Scope Note: Ultrasonography of internal organs using an ultrasound transducer sometimes mounted on a fiberoptic endoscope. In endosonography the transducer converts electronic signals into acoustic pulses or continuous waves and acts also as a receiver to detect reflected pulses from within the organ. An audiovisual-electronic interface converts the detected or processed echo signals, which pass through the electronics of the instrument, into a form that the technologist can evaluate. The procedure should not be confused with ENDOSCOPY which employs a special instrument called an endoscope. The "endo-" of endosonography refers to the examination of tissue within hollow organs, with reference to the usual ultrasonography procedure which is performed externally or transcutaneously.
Entry Version: ENDOSONOGR
Entry Term(s): Echo-Endoscopy; Endoscopic Ultrasonography; Endoscopy, Echo; Endoscopy, Ultrasonic; Ultrasonic Endoscopy; Ultrasonography, Endoscopic
Previous Indexing: Endoscopy (1984-1996); Ultrasonics (1983-1984); Ultrasonography (1984-1996); specific endoscopic technique (1984-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/02/12
Revision Date: 2016/04/19

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Diagnosis [E01]
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
  - Diagnostic Imaging [E01.370.350]
    - Ultrasonography [E01.370.350.850]

Endosonography Preferred

Concept UI: M0028566
Scope Note: Ultrasonography of internal organs using an ultrasound transducer sometimes mounted on a fiberoptic endoscope. In endosonography the transducer converts electronic signals into acoustic pulses or continuous waves and acts also as a receiver to detect reflected pulses from within the organ. An audiovisual-electronic interface converts the detected or processed echo signals, which pass through the electronics of the instrument, into a form that the technologist can evaluate. The procedure should not be confused with ENDOSCOPY which employs a special instrument called an endoscope. The "endo-" of endosonography refers to the examination of tissue within hollow organs, with reference to the usual ultrasonography procedure which is performed externally or transcutaneously.
Terms: Endosonography Preferred Term
Term UI T057151
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Endoscopy, Echo
Term UI T057148
Date02/09/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Ultrasonic Endoscopy
Term UI T057150
Date02/09/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Echo-Endoscopy
Term UI T057147
Date02/09/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Endoscopy, Ultrasonic
Term UI T057149
Date02/09/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997)

Ultrasonography, Endoscopic Narrower

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