General Ultrasound
An ultrasound (or sonogram) uses sound waves to produce images of the area being examined. The instrument known as a transducer emits high-frequency sounds that bounce off soft tissues and organs, recording the size/shape/consistency of those being observed. Ultrasounds are used to diagnose a wide variety of medical conditions. They are safe, painless and noninvasive for patients.
- Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA)
- Sample clinical indications: AAA and dissection, abdominal pain, atherosclerosis of the aorta, benign essential hypertension
- Abdominal
- Sample clinical indications: abdominal pain/tenderness, abdominal mass, hepatomegaly, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, liver disease
- Renal ultrasounds and dopplers
- Sample clinical indications: hematuria, hydronephrosis, hypertension, renal artery aneurysm, renal cyst
- Transcranial Doppler
- Sample clinical indications: carotid stenosis
- Thyroid
- Sample clinical indications: cyst, neck mass, thyroid disorder
- Pelvic ultrasounds for males and females
- Sample clinical indications for males: prostatitis, scrotal mass, epididymis, bladder diverticulum
- Sample clinical indications for females: irregular menstrual cycle, menorrhagia, pelvic inflammatory disease, pelvic mass