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Recently i saw an ultrasound device which instead of displaying the image on a grayscale displayed the image on a color gradient scale from yellow (on the bright end) over red towards black (on the dark end). Is there any name for the approach of displaying B-Mode on a color scale? All my attempts at searching for this lead me to information on color coded CW-Doppler sonography which is explicitly not what i am looking for.

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  • Do you know the make and model of the device? The product information for it might give a name.
    – Carey Gregory
    Commented Dec 11, 2022 at 17:53

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I think I know what you mean - they're different color maps in lieu of the usual grayscale. I've very rarely seen them used by physicians and it is impossible to find screenshots online (sadly these days I don't have access to an ultrasound station).

From the GE Vivid 7/Vivid 7 PRO User's Manual:

Page 93

Same manual, page 94

Color maps Displays a color map menu to optimize the greyscale presentation. The menu enables an option from a list of nonlinear gray-curves or different 2D-colorized curves to be selected.

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