UltraSound(SonoGraphy)
The ultrasound is a noninvasive medical exam that uses sound waves to analyze parts of the body. During an ultrasound, a technician will use a device with an attached transducer (a small plastic paddle) to generate sound waves and send these through the body. Then, using either software or by hand, they will manipulate these echoes into images of what is inside your body. An ultrasound allows your practitioner to see internal details, such as blood flow, tissue structure, or fluid levels. This technique is also used to examine the fetus during pregnancy. The use of this technique has grown significantly in recent years due to technological advances in miniaturization and signal processing. The term ultrasonography is usually reserved for the use of transducers more than 6 cm in length. Other uses of ultrasound are not technically ultrasonography since they do not use transducers more than 6 cm in length even though they are similar. For example, the diagnostic medical ultrasound u...