Contrast-enhanced ultrasound

while digital images are used by most people. The two types of images are created drastically different; digital is made from light whereas ultrasound, a type of diagnostic image, is made from sound. Although digital images have an important purpose, ultrasound images are the more important revolution. For instance, ultrasound images…

not be exposed to ionizing radiation; thus, health care providers utilize ultrasound for prenatal imaging. But how safe is ultrasound imaging? Is it safe enough to warrant a fetus’s exposure? Sonography is a safe choice for prenatal imaging, but there are some suspected risks involved. However, the benefits outweigh those risks as long as scans are completed appropriately, especially when it comes to the 3­D and 4­D ultrasounds. Sonography uses sound waves emitted through a transducer to produce…

Ultrasound has been used for many years to help diagnosis. Ultrasound describes sound frequencies beyond the range of normal human hearing and 20 kilohertz. Ultrasound uses focused low-energy ultrasound waves to visualize the interior of the body in a noninvasive and painless way. Many people are to thanks for the evolution of ultrasound. Dating back to the 1700’s. Lazzaro Spallanzani in 1793 observed that bats function efficiently in the dark, even when blinded, but not if deafened. He…

patient services in multiplicity of medical surroundings. Performing procedures on ultrasound machines to view and interpret images with sound waves. Obstetrics (OB)/Gynecology ultrasound was the reason why I was interested in sonography. Being able to tell a mother the gender of their unborn baby on the day of their scan can be an excitement. With little experience about medical sonography, it turns out that ultrasound is not just about the reproductive system of a pregnant woman. However, it…

that there is many jobs to pick from, one should pick a job that suits them well. A sonographer is someone that specializes in ultrasounds. When you hear the word “ultrasound” babies are usually the first thing that comes to mind. The good thing about sonography is you do not have to give ultrasounds on just babies, there is different branches you can pick from to do ultrasounds on. To be a sonographer you can have an associates degree or a bachelor degree. Many technical colleges offer the two…

Ultrasound is a method of creating the best possible images to assist the Radiologist in the diagnosis of a patients pathology. This process occurs through sound waves. These sound waves have a frequency that is far beyond what humans can hear, although using these sound waves we are able to transmit ultrasound energy into the patient. Once the energy is inside the patient the structures reflect and distribute the sound which creates an echo. This echo is what allows us to produce an image of…

so her doctor refers her to a diagnostic medical sonographer. Diagnostic medical sonographers also known as ultrasound technicians use specialized imaging equipment to produce images of a patient’s internal organs. Abdominal, breast, musculoskeletal, neurological, obstetric, and gynecologist sonographers are different types of ultrasound technicians. All sonographers place an ultrasound transducer on the part of the body that is being examined. The transducer sends high frequency sound waves to…

ergonomics, and has an award given in her honor. Story Joan Baker was raised and got her education in England (About Us, 2016). She arrived to the United States 1965, because she got an invitation from Stanford Medical Center, to open the department of ultrasound (About Us, 2016). She concentrated her education in radiography and studied at the Liverpool University from 1956 – 1958. After graduating from radiography, she had the opportunity to work at the St Mary's Hospital located in…

Sonographer or Ultrasound Technician. I like everything about the job and think it is a great choice for me. 3 Diagnostic medical sonographers have many responsibilities. “The diagnostic medical sonographer provides diagnostic ultrasound tests for patients” (Sonographer-OBX). The ultrasound tests are very important because they could show what might be wrong with a patient or show how well a patient’s baby is doing. Also, sonographers are responsible for knowing what the ultrasound is telling…

When it comes to the topic of torturing terrorists for information, most of us will readily agree that it’s a debatable topic. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of whether useful information could be gained from torturing terrorists. Whereas some are convinced that torture could be used as a tool for obtaining information, others maintain that torture is not effective and can even result in gaining false information. I agree that torture is a necessary tool for…