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3D Ultrasound – Routine, Vascular, OB and Live 3D
Imaging
Ultrasound or ultrasonography is a medical imaging technique that uses high frequency sound waves
and their echoes. The technique is similar to the echolocation used by bats, whales and dolphins,
as well as SONAR used by submarines.
In a typical ultrasound, millions of pulses and echoes are sent and received each second.
The probe can be moved along the surface of the body and angled to obtain various views.
The ultrasound machine transmits high-frequency sound pulses using a probe.
The sound waves travel into the body and hit a boundary between tissues (e.g. between fluid and
soft tissue, soft tissue and bone). Some of the sound waves get reflected back to the probe,
while some travel on further until they reach another boundary and get reflected.
The reflected waves are picked up by the probe and relayed to the machine to calculate
the distances and the time of each echo's return to forming an image.
Below is a list of few Ultrasound studies offered by Orange County Diagnostics:
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- Neck
- Breast
- Abdomen and Pelvis
- Renal / Kidney
- Upper and Lower Extremity
- OB
- Carotid
- Hysterosonogram live 3-D
- Scrotum
- Venous and Arterial Doppler
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For special procedures, please contact the Center for more information.
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