Many times, when trying to figure out how ultrasound applications work and what they mean, we tend to get a little confused. Is abdominal ultrasound under the same catagory as OB-GYN? Does my ultrasound machine need to be able to have a separate option for “Thyroid” application, or does it fall under a different application category? Read this post to find out!
A feature and function as necessary, fundamental and integral as the “Freeze” button on an ultrasound machine is the Toggle Probe / Transducer button on every ultrasound system that has more than one probe dock.
One could receive an ultrasound during pregnancy to check on the baby’s health and development. Another may desire to examine one’s liver or kidneys. This blog article will begin to elaborate on the fundamentals of abdominal ultrasounds.
The ultrasound connector fits into the ultrasound port on the system being employed. Each ultrasound system only has a limited amount of ports (most range between 1 -4 ports) – limited the number of transducers that can be used at once. The transducer’s connector must be kept clean and in pristine condition.
The first modern ultrasound transducers that were utilized were single-element probes. These probes had a fixed depth that they were able to reach, which varied based on the engineering of the specific unit.
Our last blog entry began to discuss and expand on three extremely popular Sonosite portable ultrasound systems: The Titan, the MicroMaxx and the M-Turbo. This entry will serve as a follow-up to that post, and discuss the Sonosite Edge, Edge II and Nanomaxx portable systems.
Sonosite has produced some of the most popular portable ultrasound systems available on the market today. Three specific products have enjoyed timeless appreciation and favorability, and this blog post will be elaborating on these systems.
There are certain ultrasound applications that Compounding Imaging is best employed for. Generally, Breast, Peripheral Vessel and Musculoskeletal ultrasound images are most profoundly impacted by Compounding Imaging applications.
Tissue Harmonic Imaging, essentially, functions the same way as a regular ultrasound image except the sound waves travel through and echo tissues instead of organs or other internal structures.
In an average ultrasound test, there are speckles, or disturbances that result from the echo that is projected from the ultrasound probe. These speckles negatively impact the ultrasound image quality, and can damage or impair a diagnostician’s ability to decipher an ultrasound image. Enter Speckle Reduction Imaging.