What is an ultrasound?
Ultrasound imaging is a painless procedure that helps doctors diagnose and treat medical conditions. Ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to produce pictures of the inside of the body. Ultrasound exams do not use x-rays. Because ultrasound images are captured in real-time, they can show the structure and movement of the body’s internal organs, as well as blood flowing through blood vessels. A Doppler ultrasound is a special ultrasound technique that evaluates blood as it flows through a blood vessel, including the body’s major arteries and veins in the abdomen, arms, legs and neck.
Ultrasound, also known as a sonography, is an imaging technique used to detect many different kinds of cancers. It uses sound waves and their echoes to image the body’s internal structures. A computer collects the sound wave data and produces an image that allows the radiologist to look for abnormalities. Ultrasound is also commonly used to view the fetus inside a pregnant mother.
Ultrasound is the use of high frequency sound waves to visualize structures within the body. A device called a transducer is used to send sound waves into the body, which are then reflected off the internal structures within the body. The returning sound waves (echoes) are captured by the same transducer and sent to the attached equipment which electronically change the echoes into a picture (image) of the internal structures.
