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- noun medicine The ability to create an
echo that can be detected in anultrasound examination.
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Examples
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The other kidney, however, demonstrated minimal increased echogenicity, had no visible cortical cysts and was presumed to be less damaged.
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In this study echogenicity of SN was examined in 199 IPD patients and 201 control subjects.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Sabine Mehnert 2010
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Using a Sonos 5500 ultrasound device area of SN was measured, echogenicity of raphe, red nuclei, thalamus, caudate and lenticular nuclei, width of third and lateral ventricle were documented.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Sabine Mehnert 2010
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Although the phenomenon of an increased echogenicity of the Substantia nigra (SN) is well known this method is still not widly used in the diagnostic workup.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Sabine Mehnert 2010
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Perimuscular thickness and echogenicity were not correlated with age but were positively correlated with BMI.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Helene Langevin 2009
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The outcome measures based on these images were subcutaneous and perimuscular connective tissue thickness and echogenicity measured by ultrasound.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Helene Langevin 2009
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Findings with regard to urinary stones were categorized as follows: definite stones, suspected stones (increased, sporadic, punctiform echogenicity in the kidneys or pyelocalyceal system), or no stones.
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Investigators report that echogenicity, an ultrasound-based measure of plaque stability, was significantly improved among patients treated to very low LDL-cholesterol levels.
We Blog A Lot 2009
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Assessments included renal size; the shape of the pyelocalyceal region, ureter, and bladder; echogenicity; and parenchymal thickness.
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An ultrasonic evaluation may indicate an adnexal mass of complex echogenicity.
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