echogenicity
noun [ C or U ] medical specialized uk/ˌek.əʊ.dʒəˈnɪs.ə.ti/ us/ˌek.oʊ.dʒəˈnɪs.ə.t̬i/
（超声扫描）产生回声性
the quality of being able to send back an echo (= a sound that reflects off a surface), and therefore showing as a light area in an ultrasound scan (= a medical examination that produces an image using sound waves)
A liver ultrasound showed areas of increased echogenicity. 肝脏超声扫描显示产生回声性的区域。
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- The mass exhibits focal areas of high echogenicity.
- Endometrial carcinoma can appear as an irregularly thickened endometrium with variable echogenicity.
- Several features of those lesions were evaluated, like the total echogenicity and the pattern of vascularisation.
- A review of their prenatal sonograms revealed a degree of abnormal renal echogenicity.
- Other suggestive findings that may be present are intracranial calcifications and intracranial hemorrhage, microcephaly, brain atrophy, and abnormal periventricular echogenicities.