Medical ultrasonography

Faith Posey Mrs. Lozares Honors English II 15 February 2017 Don’t Fret be an Ultra Tech 1.The career I am researching is an Ultrasound Technician or also known as a Sonographer. An Ultrasound Technician uses a machine that uses high frequency waves to see organs or unborn children. I have choose this career because it is something I would enjoy to wake up to everyday, and not worry about an agonizing day ahead. Although there is some downsides, this is the career I want to pursue. There is…

For those students who want to work with patients, but do not want to become a nurse or doctor, Sonography provides interaction with both by explaining the procedure to patients and get consulted by medical staff to inform them about the picture. There’s also variety of jobs and skills. Ultrasound techs may also specialize in obstetric and gynecologic sonography or abdominal sonography, cardiovascular sonography, and mammographic sonography. However…

Most people understand that fetuses are extremely fragile and should 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…

Medical sonographer provides 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…

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…

X-Ray Technician X-Ray Technicians (Also known as X-Ray technologist or Radiologic Technologists) use cutting edge imaging methods to visualize the inside of the human body. The images they created help the physicians to diagnose and treat illnesses or injuries. X-ray technicians work with a wide variety of imaging technologies including: Traditional Machines, Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Fluoroscopy, and film and digital mammography. Some certificate…

Doctors and Physicians use these images to diagnose abnormalities and diseases in a patient. They also use these images for women's who are pregnant, to make sure the baby and the mother are both healthy. These people are also known to be as diagnostic medical sonographers. Their average annual salary is $63,630, and their hourly wages goes by $30.5They usually need a minimum of 2-4 years of training to become certified for employment. Sonographers students are required to complete an…

The photo on the right shows a medical technician using an ultrasound machine to diagnose appendicitis to a patient, without the use of x-rays. The ultrasound imaging technique involves using high frequency sound waves and their echoes. The machine transmits high-frequency sound pulses into the patient’s body using a probe. In the image, the technician presses and moves the probe along the patient’s body. This photo was taken in the St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and obtained from *. In terms…

To be a successful diagnostic medical sonographer, one must have knowledge of what the candidate is doing. One would have to be an intelligent and hard working person. Those entering this field need to be keen to be doing hands on things because it will be used during training. A favored goal in this career is to become really good at this profession and would be the preferred sonographer for the people when they come to get ultrasounds. Candidates that want to be in this career should be able…

Radiologist is a medical doctor (MD) or doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) who specialize in using medical imaging techniques that help diagnose and treat diseases and injuries. The medical imaging that they use would be x-rays, CTs,…