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Diagnostic Medical Sonography

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INTRODUCTION

Diagnostic Medical Sonography or Ultrasound has advanced rapidly over the years and has a growing popularity. Ultrasound imaging can be seen in 2D, 3D and also 4D. Ultrasound is making it easier to diagnose conditions or simply see a picture of a fetus in a womb. Ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to see images inside the body. Sonographers use ultrasound to see everything from a fetus to blood vessels. A sonographer is someone who is trained to perform these examinations. Ultrasound is a very safe way to view images inside the body because it doesn’t use radiation like x-ray. Therefore, it is safe to use on a pregnant female to view a fetus. Ultrasound is becoming a very common procedure. Mostly when people hear …show more content…

Although just by looking at the ultrasound, down syndrome cannot be accurately determined but blood samples are included to insure accuracy (WebMD, 2013). Ultrasound is a very important tool used in the medical field to help insure that the mother and child are healthy, and that there will be no complications during the pregnancy or after the pregnancy.

Where else can ultrasound be used?

Ultrasound is a very diverse medical tool and can be used almost anywhere on the human body. Ultrasound is used to examine tissues, blood vessels, and organs (WebMD, 2013). since ultrasound can see tissues, it is used to detect abnormalities or problems such as lumps inside the body. Ultrasound is used mainly to determine whether the lump is a tumor or a cyst and detect where it is in the body (NHSChoices, 2013). Ultrasound can be used in places such as:

•Heart

•Bladder

•Gallbladder

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Ultrasound can measure heart chambers, it can detect heart valve problems, and determine blood flow to the heart. This is beneficial to medicine because it can measure the risks of someone having heart disease. Heart disease is the number one killer is women in the United States (SDMS, 2013). If more people had an ultrasound more lives could be saved from heart disease. If someone has bladder problems and is having pain an ultrasound can measure the amount of urine in the bladder and determine the problem and solution to eliminate the pain. Also kidney stones are detected by ultrasound if someone is having

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