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Medical uses of ultrasound

-Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of  human hearing.ultrasound can be used to identify many conditions that would be harmful to the mother and the baby.

-Ultrasound can be used to examine body organs and systems including the heart, pancreas, urinary system, brain, spinal cord, bladder, and cysts. In females, it can be used to view the ovaries, peritoneal cavity, and a fetus in its amniotic sac.

It can also be used to guide surgical procedures, for example during the insertion of a biopsy needle into a particular area. Doppler ultrasound is used to measure blood flow. Air, bone, and other calcified tissues absorb nearly all the ultrasound beam, so it cannot be used to examine the bones or lungs.

-it send sound waves into human body and then records waves that are reflected from inside the body.

Ultrasound is well-known uses to check on the health of a fetus during pregnancy.

-Its also reveal the age and gender of the fetus and let the expecting parents know if they will be having twins or triplets. X-ray is not safer than Ultrasound, it might harm the development of the fetus . Ultrasound is much safer than other imaging methods.

 

 

 

By: Siti Raudha Salma

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