Sonography, or Ultrasound, utilizes high frequency sound waves (not x-rays) to obtain diagnostic images. Ultrasound imaging is used to evaluate many parts of the body, including the abdomen, blood vessels, foetus of pregnant women, superficial body structures, and newborn brain to name a few.
What Ultrasonography Can Detect
- All diseases of the organs of the abdominal cavity in early stages.
- Tumors of uterus and ovaries and abnormalities of reproductive organs.
- Maturation of eggs and changes of endometrium in different stages of menstrual cycle.
- Early pregnancy, including ectopic pregnancy.
- Development of fetuses and possible malformations of fetuses.