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- Ultrasound - Mayo Clinic
Diagnostic ultrasound is a safe procedure that uses low-power sound waves There are no known risks Ultrasound is a valuable tool, but it has limitations Sound waves don't travel well through air or bone This means ultrasound isn't effective at imaging body parts that have gas in them or are hidden by bone, such as the lungs or head
- Abdominal ultrasound - Mayo Clinic
An abdominal ultrasound is a medical imaging test that uses sound waves to see inside the belly area, also called the abdomen It's the preferred screening test for abdominal aortic aneurysm But the test may be used to diagnose or rule out many other health conditions
- Ultrasound-guided transperineal prostate biopsy - Mayo Clinic
Overview of ultrasound-guided transperineal prostate biopsies In transperineal biopsy, the urologist passes the biopsy needle through the perineal skin and into the prostate, rather than passing the biopsy needle through a potentially contaminated rectum The biopsy needle is still guided by an ultrasound placed in the rectum
- Doppler ultrasound: What is it used for? - Mayo Clinic
Doppler ultrasound is a noninvasive test that can be used to measure the blood flow through your blood vessels It works by bouncing high-frequency sound waves off red blood cells that are circulating in the bloodstream A regular ultrasound uses sound waves to produce images, but can't show blood flow
- Update on therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound - Mayo Clinic
Therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a rapidly evolving tool that allows access to and interventions in the biliary and pancreatic ducts, the gallbladder, intra-abdominal fluid collections, and adjacent luminal structures The introduction of therapeutic channel, linear-array echoendoscopes
- Kidney stones - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Ultrasound is another imaging option to diagnose kidney stones Analysis of passed stones You may be asked to urinate through a strainer to catch any stones that you pass Then a lab checks the chemical makeup of your kidney stones
- High-intensity focused ultrasound for the treatment of prostate cancer
This ultrasound probe is used to both image the prostate and deliver the treatment Once the initial positioning and planning steps are complete, treatment is delivered Each HIFU treatment lasts just a few seconds and destroys an area of tissue that is about the size of a grain of rice
- Breast cysts - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Breast ultrasound This test can help your doctor determine whether a breast lump is fluid filled or solid A fluid-filled area usually indicates a breast cyst A solid-appearing mass most likely is a noncancerous lump, such as a fibroadenoma, but solid lumps also could be breast cancer
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