Ultrasound

of death after skin cancer in women. Women over the age of 40 are highly encouraged to have a yearly breast exam done. This usually includes a clinical breast exam and imaging the breast for any signs of tumor using devices such as a mammogram, ultrasounds and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices but there is some question about the efficacy of these…

Should Abortion Be Illegal? What is abortion? Abortion is basically the murder of a fetus. Although abortion has dropped statistically in my eyes it’s still a crime. The sad thing is that there is at least one abortion clinic in every US state. It should be illegal because a fetus is a human being, and it is considered to be murder, therefore abortion is a crime. Abortion was first legalized in 1973 by the Supreme Court case Roe vs Wade. Since then, there have been more than fifty-four…

stressful, to help this stress; ultrasounds are used as a tool to help identify any potential medical problems a newborn may have; however sometimes these tests fail and can cause the parents to upset and have second thoughts. A planned parenthood clinic received a phone call from previous patients; they were very upset because their baby was born with a cleft lip and they said that they would have aborted the baby had they known about this problem. The ultrasound they received failed to show…

increasing to a large size which can be seen on ultrasound, and also too much amniotic fluid will be around this twin. This is known as polyhydramnios. At the same time, the donor twin produces less urine than normal and the amniotic fluid that surrounds it is greatly reduced or even disappears. This is known as oligohydramnios . As the disease progresses, the donor produces so little urine that it is possible not see the bladder in the ultrasound. The donor twin is wrapped in its amniotic…

Dr. Minerath was not comfortable giving me the same diagnosis as the allergist. Dr. Minerath ordered an ultrasound to be performed on my neck later that day. I remember thinking that ultrasounds were only for pregnant people, but the nurse assured me that it was just a tool to help the doctors see inside my body. The results came back and my family was informed that I had a cyst growing in my thyroid…

the scream and cries of desperation of a friend when she lost her baby. It was hurtful to be a witness of this event. I remember going with my friend to the doctor’s office for her routine 18 weeks’ ultrasound, all she wanted was to keep the baby gender a surprise. She refused to look at the ultrasound machine and focused her attention on the Nurse. That day, the last thing she had on her mind was a miscarriage. Unfortunately, the nurse couldn’t see any movement or any heartbeat. They took her…

Introduction Medical Imaging is a revolutionary in medical diagnosis. With the advent of micro-electronics and computer science, there is a lot of ease in identifying and treating the diseases as never before. Medical imaging is a technique helpful in idenfying the possible diseases and disorders. Using different radio spectrums, different images of an organ can be captured. It comes under a medical test, these days depend on the type of the disease patient undergo this test. After image…

menstrual weeks (history and diagnosis). Even though sometime there is sometime no problem in finding out later but it should be found even sooner 5 weeks or less so that there won’t be any drastic problems done to the women. In the late 1960s the ultrasound was developed along with a sensitive and accurate test…

Diprosopus, also known as craniofacial duplication, is an extremely rare congenital disorder where only 0.4% of conjoined twins are affected by the disorder. The first cases of this disorder were recorded in Ancient Greece therefore the term “diprosopus” comes from the Greek prefix “di-” which means two and the Greek word, “prosopon” meaning face so diprosopus has the literal meaning of “two-faced” .This disorder is where the newborn has one body, but two noses, two mouths, and two set of eyes.…

and health care delivery to use different facility types from different locations to help eliminate bias, and to show the data is more credible, accurate, and valid. To emphasize again with the increased use of MRI’s Computed tomography (CT), Ultrasounds and others diagnostic imaging testing the study based on the rising increase health care costs due to the increased use of diagnostic imaging equipment. More compelling evidence will show the increased use of medical imaging in the research…