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Ultra Sound
Ultrasound, also known as sonography, uses sound waves to create images of the internal organs and tissues.
Ultrasound can be used to image most soft-tissue organs, such as the pelvic and reproductive organs, kidneys, pancreas, and liver.
Ultrasound is most commonly used in obstetrics to image the fetus and monitor its progress throughout pregnancy.
Ultrasound is also routinely used for a variety of reasons, such as detecting gallstones, abnormalities of the liver, spleen and kidneys. It can also identify aneurysms, or enlargements, of the blood vessels in the abdominal organs, the structures of the heart, and the narrowing of the arteries that lead to the lower extremities. Doppler ultrasound imaging is a technique, which can measure the movement of blood through veins and arteries.
Today, ultrasound is also effectively being used in conjunction with mammography to help differentiate between different types of abnormalities.
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