Recommended Ultrasound Terminology
K
Kelvin model
A vesicoelastic model of a material that can be represented by a dashpot η and a purely elastic spring E2 connected in series in parallel with a second elastic spring E1, as shown in the diagram below.
Related terms: Burgers model, dashpot, elastic spring, Maxwell model, Kelvin model, Kelvin-Voigt model, standard linear viscoelastic model, Voigt model
Kelvin-Voigt model
The preferred name of this viscoelastic model is the Voigt model.
See Burgers model, Maxwell model, Kelvin model, standard linear viscoelastic model, and Voigt model.
kerf
A width of the groove or slit between adjacent elements in an array transducer.
kHz
Abbreviation for kilohertz (1000 Hz).
kinetic energy
The energy that a body possesses because of its motion; in classical mechanics, it is equal to one half of the body’s mass times the square of its speed.
knobology
Deprecated term referring to the knowledge required for the proper setting of the control settings of an ultrasound scanner.
Related term: control settings
