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Get different types of ultrasound services to offer at your facility

  • avimaging2
  • Feb 4, 2021
  • 1 min read

How does Ultrasound work?


Ultrasound is similar to the sonar that ships and submarines use to show what's in the water around them. With medical ultrasound, a wand-like-instrument called a transducer sends out waves of high-frequency sound. As these sound waves pass through the body, certain structures like organs, tissues, and tumors reflect the wave back. That reflection, or echo, is then used to create a picture of what's ahead.

What are the common uses of Ultrasound?


In addition to taking those early pictures of a developing baby, ultrasound has many uses including helping doctors determine the causes of pain, swelling, and infection. Doctors also can use ultrasound services to view organs including


  • Heart and blood vessels including the flow of blood and potential narrowing of vessels

  • Liver, gallbladder, spleen, and pancreas

  • Kidneys, bladder, uterus, and ovaries

  • Eyes, thyroid, and parathyroid glands, scrotum


Ultrasound can help doctors with a number of medical procedures such as a biopsy of a suspicious mass.


What are the different types of ultrasound offered at your facility?


Today, there are many types of ultrasound used in the medical field:


  • Color Doppler helps doctors see the speed and direction of blood flow through a vessel.

  • Power Doppler has more sensitivity than a color Doppler and provides even more detailed pictures of the blood flow but doesn't indicate the direction of the flow.

  • Spectral Doppler develops graphs that show the distance blood flows over a period of time.

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