Ultrasound allows us to see the soft tissues in your body. Sound waves bounce off of things. You may be familiar with the use of sonar in submarines! The Ultrasound machine converts the echoes (or bounces of sound waves) into pictures. We can tell a lot about the contents of various parts of the body by using this simple, easily tolerated test. Ultrasound does not show us your bone structure; x-rays do that very well. The gall bladder is commonly evaluated with Ultrasound as a first test.

ultrasound test is a radiology technique, which uses high- frequency sound waves to produce images of the organs and structures of the body. The sound waves are sent through body tissues with a device called a transducer. The transducer is placed directly on top of the skin, which has a gel applied to the surface. The sound waves that are sent by the transducer through the body are then reflected by internal structures as "echoes.

Ultrasound forms images of the breast utilizing sound waves, not X-rays. No compression is required; a warm gel is placed on the skin and an ultrasound probe is rubbed over the skin to obtain the image. Ultrasound can often show abnormalities which might go undetected on mammography due to extremely dense breast tissue. Ultrasound is used most commonly in conjunction with mammography, not as a replacement for mammography.

In Dr. Biller's study (sometimes referred to as "the Ohio study"), Dr. Biller was able to diagnose cats at 10 months of age with 98% accuracy (as determined by eventual histopathology exams after natural death or euthanasia). Given the many variables in real-world testing (the skill, training and experience of the sonographer; the ultrasound equipment; etc.), my personal opinion is that the real-world accuracy will be somewhat lower -- perhaps in the 90% to 95% range.

Indirectly, yes. Although the Breast Ultrasound Accreditation Program has no specific continuing education requirements for technologists, the ACR does require that technologists be certified by either ARDMS or ARRT (or hold an unrestricted state license). All of these organizations have continuing education requirements to maintain certification/licensure.TOP No.

Ultrasound is a procedure that uses high-frequency sound waves produced by a small hand held device called a transducer to view internal organs and produce images of the body. Ultrasonic waves are inaudible and cause no sensation. The sound waves produced by the transducer cannot penetrate air, so gel is applied to help eliminate air pockets between the transducer and the skin.

Yes, experience is essential! Just because a technologist is certified and licensed does not necessarily mean they are trained or experienced in diagnostic obstetric ultrasound. [RETURN TO TOP]

Ultrasound imaging, also called an ultrasound scan or sonography, is a method of obtaining images from different organs inside the body. It involves sending very high frequency sound waves via a hand held probe on your skin through the body. These sound waves are reflected off your internal organs. The reflections bounce back to the probe and the computer aprt of the machine creates an image of the organs. Ultrasound images are captured in real time and displayed on a television monitor.