Chapter 4: Description of Ultrasonography

Question 1

What does Ultrasonography or Ultrasound Imaging uses to puncture pictures of the body’s internal structures?

Answer 1

High-frequency sound waves.

Question 2

What does Ultrasonography or Ultrasound Imaging provide?

Answer 2

A clear picture of soft tissues that don’t show up well on X-rays, doesn’t use ionizing radiation and has no harmful effects.

Question 3

Sound waves are emitted from a transducer or probe which pass through the skin and?

Answer 3

Bounce off the body’s tissues and reflected back to the transducer.

Question 4

The image produced id known as?

Answer 4

Sonogram or echogram.

Question 5

Ultrasound imaging is used to help diagnose problems in?

Answer 5

The bladder, gallbladder, kidneys, liver, ovaries, pancreas, prostate, spleen, testicles, uterus, etc.

Question 6

Ultrasonography used to provide imaging guidance for?

Answer 6

Needle biopsies.