11 GLOSSARY
B-Mode
Console
Contextual
menu
Session
Transducer
A kind of ultrasound imaging mode. Displays the brightness
information corresponding to the amplitude of the signal.
The main device with the LCD display.
The menu displayed in the bottom of LCD based on the system
state.
The time a user starts to scan on Top Screen, to right before
returning to the Top Screen again.
Device that transforms one form of energy into another form of
energy. Ultrasound transducer transforms electric energy into
acoustic energy and vice versa. Transducer in this guide means
ultrasound transducer.
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