Ultrasound is a medical imaging technique that uses inaudible, high frequency sound waves to form images of the body's internal organs and tissues.
Provides ultrasounds, an imaging tool that is most commonly associated with babies and pregnancies, but can be used to assess many structures in the body, some of which include (but are not limited to):
- abdominal organs (liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, stomach)
- pelvic organs (kidneys, bladder, uterus, ovaries)
- thyroid and parathyroid glands
- scrotum (testicles)
- breasts
- arteries and veins
- obstetrics (all stages of a developing pregnancy including Nuchal translucency genetic screening exam)
- appendix, hernias and other lumps and bumps