What is Medical Ultrasound?
Ultrasound imaging is a common diagnostic medical procedure that uses high frequency sound waves to produce dynamic images (sonograms) of unborn babies, organs, tissues, or blood flow inside the body. Prenatal ultrasound examinations are performed by trained professionals such as sonographers, radiologists, obstetricians, or vascular surgeons. The process involves using a transducer which sends a stream of high frequency, harmless sound waves into the body and detects their echoes as they bounce off internal structures. The sound waves are then converted inside the computer to electric impulses which are processed to form an image displayed on a computer monitor. It is from these images that videos and portraits are made.
