Ultrasound / Color Doppler

Ultrasound imaging, also known as ultrasound scanning or sonography, is a method of obtaining images from inside the human body through the use of high frequency sound waves. The sound waves' echoes are recorded and displayed as a real-time, visual image. No ionizing radiation is involved in ultrasound imaging.

Ultrasound imaging is a medical tool that can help a physician evaluate, diagnose and treat medical conditions. Common ultrasound imaging procedures include:

• Abdominal ultrasound (to visualize abdominal tissues and organs)
• Bone sonometry (to assess bone fragility)
• Breast ultrasound (to visualize breast tissue)
• Doppler fetal heart rate monitors (to listen to the fetal heart beat)
• Doppler ultrasound (to visualize blood flow through a blood vessel, organs, or other structures)
• Echocardiogram (to view the heart)
• Fetal ultrasound (to view the fetus in pregnancy)
• Ultrasound-guided biopsies (to collect a sample of tissue)
• Ophthalmic ultrasound (to visualize ocular structures
• Ultrasound-guided needle placement (in blood vessels or other tissues of interest)

Ultrasound services are provided at the institute using state of the art 3D/4D scanner manufactured by GE. Scans are performed and interpreted by board certified Radiologists who are specially trained in sonography. Results are made available to the patients and to the ordering doctor before the patient leaves the institute.