Ultrasound machines

An ultrasound machine is basically a 'body scanner' that scans pictures from inside the body, processes that data through a computer, and outputs that data as an image.

A basic ultrasound machine will have these parts: A transducer probe which sends and receives the sound waves of the machine; a central processing unit, which is a computer that calculates and contains the electricity for itself and the transducer probe; transducer pulse controls that change the amplitude as well as frequency and duration of the pulses emitted from the probe; a display that shows the image from the ultrasound data; a keyboard which inputs data and takes the display measurements; a disk storage device which stores the ultrasound images acquired; and a printer which prints the image from the display.

Data travels through the ultrasound machine from the source to the screen to produce the ultrasound image, sonogram or echocardiogram that is required.