What does it do?
What are the medical applications of ultrasound?
Used for imaging examinations (diagnosis) and energy therapy
What is the name of the picture that the ultrasound produces?
Echo
What can ultrasound waves do to issues?
Can heat the issues slightly
What do cardiologist use ultrasounds for?
Take pictures of the heart
What doctors can observe with it
Soft tissue structures, organs, heart and blood vessels, and pregnancy (fetus, uterus, ovaries), etc.
What is the name of the hand held tool used to emit high frequency sound waves into the body?
Transducer/probe
How is ultrasound one of the safest imaging tools available?
Does not use ionizing radiation, but waves that does not damage cells or dna
Give an example of one medical field that uses ultrasounds
Cardiologists, gynaecologists, sonographers
Main functions of ultrasound
Obstetrics (fetal monitoring), abdominal examination (gallbladder, kidneys, etc.), cardiac ultrasound, vascular examination, and biopsy, etc.
give an example of one medical field that uses ultrasounds
Cardiologists, gynaecologists, sonographers