We offer on-site General Ultrasound as well as Limited Vascular Ultrasound.
Ultrasound uses reflected sound waves to produce a picture of organs
and other structures inside the body. It doesn't use X-rays or other
kinds of possibly harmful radiation.
Ultrasound is most useful for looking at structures and organs that
are solid and uniform or fluid-filled. Mineralized structures or
air-filled organs do not show up well on an ultrasound.
A small handheld instrument (a transducer) is passed back and forth
over the area of the body being examined. It sends out high-pitched
sounds above the range of human hearing that are reflected back to the
transducer. A computer analyzes the waves and converts them into a
picture displayed on a monitor. Pictures produced by ultrasound are
called sonograms, echograms or scans.
