常用超声术语英文缩略词超声科医生在日常工作及科研工作中经常接触到一些英文术语及缩略词，有必要对常见的超声术语予以一定的了解及掌握，下面对在英文文献及教科书中经常出现的术语总结如下。
取术语中每个单词的首位字母即组成缩略词（如胆总管common bile duct缩略词为CBD）。
当然，不是所有的所谓术语都具有缩略词，除了一部分被普遍承认的缩略词外，在使用英文术语时应尽量用全称。
【超声基础方面】超声成像ultrasonic imaging实时成像real-time imaging灰阶显示gray scale display彩阶显示color scale display经颅多普勒transcranial doppler彩色多普勒血流显像color doppler flow imaging彩色血流造影color flow angiography彩色多普勒能量图color doppler energy彩色能量图color power angio超声内镜ultrasound endoscope超声导管ultrasound catheter血管内超声intravascular ultrasound血管内超声显像intravascular ultrasonic imaging管腔内超声显像intraluminal ultrasonic imaging腔内超声显像endoluminal sonography心内超声显像intracardiac ultrasonic imaging内镜超声扫描endoscopic ultrasonography内镜超声技术endosonography膀胱镜超声技术cystosonography阴道镜超声技术vaginosonography经阴道彩色多普勒显像transvaginal color doppler imaging经直肠超声扫描transrectal ultrasonography直肠镜超声（技术）rectosonography经尿道扫查transurethral scanning介入性超声interventional ultrasound术中超声监视intraoperative ultrasonic monitoring超声引导经皮肝穿刺胆管造影ultrasound guided percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography超声引导经皮穿刺注射乙醇US guided percutaneous alcohol injection超声引导经皮胆囊胆汁引流US guided percutaneous gallbladder bile drainage超声引导经皮抽吸US guided percutaneous aspiration超声引导胎儿组织活检US guided fetal tissue biopsy超声引导经皮肝穿刺门静脉造影US guided percutaneous transhepatic portography三维显示three dimensional display三维图像重建3D image reconstruction组织特性成像tissue specific imaging动态成像dynamic imaging数字成像digital image血管显像angiography声像图法echography sonography声像图sonogram echogram多用途探头multipurpose scanner宽频带探头wide-band probe环阵相控探头phased annular array probe术中探头intraoperative porbe穿刺探头ultrasound guided probe食管探头transesophagel probe经食管超声心动图探头transesophagel echocardiography probe 阴道探头transvaginal probe直肠探头transrectal probe尿道探头transurethral probe膀胱探头intervesical probe腔内探头intracavitary probe内腔探头endo-probe导管超声探头catheter-based US probe扫描方式scan mode线阵linear array凸阵convex array扇扫sector scanning传感器sensor换能器transducer放大器amplifier阻尼器buffer解调器、检波器demodulator触发器trigger零位调整zero adjustment定标、校正calibration快速时间常数电路fast time constant自动增益控制automatic gain control深度增益补偿depth gain compensation时间增益补偿time gain compensation对数压缩logarithmic compression灵敏度时间控制sensitivity time control动态范围dynamic range消除erase, eliminate变换shift倒置、反转invert消除clear注释annotation放大magnification , magnify , zoom写入write记录record聚焦focus帧率frame rate冻结freeze字符character抑制rejection, reject , suppression增益gain帧相关frame correlation回放rendering , play back彩色极性color polarity彩色边界color edge彩色增强color enhance菜单选择menu selection彩色余辉color persistence彩色捕获color capture彩色壁滤波color wall filter彩色速度显像color velocity imaging彩色转向color steering彩色消除color cut彩色锁定color lock成像数据imaging data预设置preset前处理pre process后处理post process重调、复原reset动态频率扫描dynamic frequency scanning 焦距focal distance动态聚焦dynamic focusing滑动聚焦sliging focusing区域聚焦zone focusing连续聚焦sequential focusing电子聚焦electric focusing分段聚焦segment focusing多段聚焦multistage focusing全场连续聚焦confocusing图像均匀性image uniformity运动辨别力motion discrimination穿透深度penetration depth空间分辨力spatial resolution瞬时分辨力temporal resolution帧分辨力frame resolution图像线分辨力image-line resolution对比分辨力contrast resolution细节分辨力detail resolution多普勒取样容积doppler sample volume多普勒流速分布分辨力doppler flow-velocity distributive resolution 多普勒流向分辨力doppler flow-direction resolution多普勒最低流速分辨力doppler minimum flow-velocity resolution彩色多普勒空间分辨力spatial resolution of color doppler彩色多普勒时间分辨力time resolution of color doppler彩色多普勒最低流速分辨力minimum flow-velocity of color doppler 彩色多普勒强度color doppler level彩色多普勒处理功能板CFM processing board彩色视频监视器color video monitor--------------------------------------------------------------------------------【解剖学方面】1、颅脑大脑cerebrum大脑纵裂longitudinal cerebral fissure大脑皮质cerebral大脑镰falx cerebri大脑导水管，中脑水管cerebral aqueduct中脑midbrain, mesencephalon小脑cerebellum小脑幕tentorium cerebelli丘脑，视丘thalmus延髓medulla oblongata侧脑室lateral ventricle第三脑室third ventricle第四脑室fourth ventricle第五脑室fifth ventricle脑桥，桥脑pons脑干brain stem间脑diencephalon中间块intermidiate mass尾状核caudate nucleus脉络丛choroid plexus胼胝体corpus callosum脑岛，岛叶insula大脑脚cerebral peduncles大脑外侧沟（窝、裂）lateral sulcus , sylvius fissure穹窿fornix透明隔septum pellucidum透明隔腔cavity of septum pellucidum额叶frontal lobe顶叶parietal lobe枕叶occipital lobe颞叶temporale lobe缘叶limbic lobe大脑动脉环Willi\'s artery circle大脑前动脉anterior cerebral artery大脑中动脉middle cerebral artery大脑后动脉posterior cerebral artery基底动脉basilar artery前交通支（动脉）anterior communicating branch后交通支（动脉）posterior communicating branch颅前窝，凹anterior cranial fossa颅中窝，凹middle cranial fossa颅后窝，凹posterior cranial fossa2、眼、面颈、涎腺、乳腺、胸肺眼球optic bulb ,eyeball角膜cornea前房anterior chamber虹膜iris睫状体ciliary body视网膜retina脉络膜choroid巩膜sclera房水aqueous humour玻璃体vitreous玻璃体膜hyaloid membrae晶状体lens（眼）直肌recti muscles视神经optic nerve眶上动脉supraorbital artery眼动脉ophthalmic artery视网膜中央动脉central retinal artery睫状后长（短）动脉posterior long (short) ciliary artery 泪腺动脉lacrimal gland artery滑车上动脉supratrochlear artery眼静脉ophthalmic vein眶上静脉suprorbital vein滑车上静脉supratrochlear vein视网膜中央静脉central retinal vein涡状静脉vorticose veins眼眶orbit结膜conjunctiva唾液腺、涎腺salivary gland腮腺parotid (gland)颌下腺submaxillary gland舌下腺sublingual gland甲状腺thyroid (gland )甲状旁腺parathyroid (gland )上颌窦maxillary sinus气管trachea食管esophagus乳腺breast, mammary gland额front枕occiput颞temples颊cheek胸廓、胸腔thorax, thorax cavity肋骨ribs, costae肋软骨costal cartilages胸骨sternum乳腺组织breast tissue悬韧带suspensory ligament, Copper\'s ligament 乳腺后组织retromammary tissue横膈diaphragm颈总动脉common carotid artery颈外动脉external carotid artery颈内动脉internal carotid artery椎动脉vertebral artery无名动脉innominate artery颈内静脉internal jugular vein甲状腺上动脉superior thyroid artery乳房内动脉internal mammary artery3、腹部血管、周围血管腹主动脉abdominal aorta腹腔动脉celiac artery肠系膜上动脉superior mesenteric artery肠系膜下动脉inferior mesenteric artery肝总动脉common hepatic artery肝动脉hepatic artery胃左动脉left gastric artery胃十二指肠动脉gastroduodenal artery脾动脉splenic artery肾动脉renal artery卵巢动脉ovarian artery髂总动脉common iliac artery髂内动脉internal iliac artery髂外动脉external iliac artery锁骨下动脉subclavian artery椎动脉vertebral artery乳房内动脉internal mammary artery颈内静脉internal jugular vein颈外静脉external jugular vein腋静脉axillary vein奇静脉azygos vein大隐静脉great saphenous vein下腔静脉inferior vena cava门静脉portal vein肠系膜上静脉superior mesenteric vein肝静脉hepatic vein肾静脉renal vein腰静脉lumbar vein精索静脉spermatic vein肾弓形动脉renal arcuate arteries股动脉femoral artery肱动脉humeral artery桡动脉radial artery尺动脉ulnar artery面动脉facial artery锁骨下动脉subclavian artery颈浅动脉superficial cervical artery颞浅动脉superficial temporal artery4、肝、胆、胰、脾、泌尿男生殖肝左叶left liver lobe(LL)肝右叶right liver lobe(RL)尾状叶caudate lobe(CL)方叶quadrate lobe(QL)附垂叶Riedel\'s lobe胆囊gallbladder(GB)胆囊管cystic duct(CD)肝管hepatic duct(HD)胆总管common bile duct (CBD)肝门porta hepatis胆囊窝gallbladder forssa肝圆韧带hepatoumbilical ligament, round ligament 肝镰状韧带falciform ligament肝静脉韧带venose ligament胆管、胆道bile duct(BD)螺旋状瓣spiral valve肝总管common hepatic duct肝外胆管extrahepatic duct乏特壶腹V ater\'s ampulla胰腺pancreas胰管pancreatic duct , Wirsung\'s duct副胰管Santorini duct胰头head of pancreas胰颈neck of pancreas胰体body of pancreas胰尾tail of pancreas钩突uncinate process脾spleen脾门splenic hilum肾周脂肪perinephrit fat集合系统collective system肾kedney肾盂renal calyes锥体pyramids肾柱renal colums肾上腺adrenal gland输尿管ureters, ureteral , uretero膀胱urinary bladder , bladder尿道urethra睾丸testis附睾epididymis鞘膜tunica vagialis, vagina tunic白膜tunica albuginea , albuginea输精管ductus deferens, deferent duct精囊vesiculae seminals, seminal vesicle射精管ejaculatory ducts阴囊scrotum, scrotal sac精索spermatic cord腹股沟inguen前列腺prostate5、妇产科子宫uterus输卵管uterine tube, oviduct卵巢ovary, ovaries子宫颈cervix子宫腔uterine canal子宫内膜endometriosis子宫直肠陷凹rectouterine fossa子宫内口internal ostium of the uterus子宫口orifice of the uterus阴道vagina胚胎embryo卵黄囊yolk sac羊膜amnion羊膜腔amniotic cavity蜕膜decidua绒毛villus绒毛膜chorion胎盘placenta胎儿fetus胎心fetal heart胎动fetal movement, feta motion胎儿脊柱fetal spine胎儿胃泡fetal stomach bubble胎儿胸部fetal thorax胎儿肾fetal kidney胎儿肢体fetal limb脐带umbilical cord卵泡，滤泡follic le附件adnexa羊水amniotic fluid宫内节育器intrauterine device妊娠囊gestational sac顶臀长度crown-rump length双顶径biparietal diameter胎头指数cephalic index枕额径occipito-frontal diameter头围head circumference胸围thoracic circumference腹围abdominal circumference小脑径cerebellum diameter头（径）指数cephalic index双眼间距ocular distance腹部横径transverse trunk diameter腹部前后径anteroposterior trunk diameter 椎骨长度（胸6～腰3）length of vertebrae 脊柱spine, vertebral colum股骨长度femur length肱骨长度humerus length胎儿体重fetal weight脐动脉umbilical artery脐静脉umbilical vein 胎盘placenta孕周gestational week 孕龄gestational age。
