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MedCross Imaging - Ultrasound

What Happens During an Ultrasound

Preparing For an Ultrasound

Results of Your Ultrasound

A Vascular Screening Ultrasound

ULTRASOUND MACHINE

ULTRASOUND IMAGING, ALSO CALLED ULTRASOUND SCANNING OR SONOGRAPHY, INVOLVES EXPOSING PART OF THE BODY TO HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES TO PRODUCE PICTURES OF THE INSIDE OF THE BODY. ULTRASOUND EXAMS DO NOT USE IONIZING RADIATION (X-RAY). BECAUSE ULTRASOUND IMAGESARE CAPTURED IN REAL-TIME, THEY CAN SHOW THE STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENT OF THE BODY’S INTERNAL ORGANS, AS WELL AS BLOOD FLOWING THROUGH BLOOD VESSELS. ULTRASOUND IMAGING IS USUALLY A PAINLESS MEDICAL TEST THAT HELPS PHYSICIANS DIAGNOSE AND TREAT MEDICAL CONDITIONS. CONVENTIONAL ULTRASOUND DISPLAYS THE IMAGES IN THIN, FLAT SECTIONS OF THE BODY. A DOPPLER ULTRASOUND STUDY MAY BE PART OF AN ULTRASOUNDEXAMINATION. DOPPLER ULTRASOUND IS A SPECIAL ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUE THAT EVALUATES BLOOD AS IT FLOWS THROUGH A BLOOD VESSEL, INCLUDING THE BODY’S MAJOR ARTERIES AND VEINS IN THE ABDOMEN, ARMS, LEGS AND NECK.

WHAT HAPPENS DURING AN ULTRASOUND

FOR MOST ULTRASOUND EXAMS, THE PATIENT IS POSITIONED LYING FACE-UP ON AN EXAMINATION TABLE THAT CAN BE TILTED OR MOVED. A CLEAR GEL IS APPLIED TO THE AREA OF THE BODY BEING STUDIED TO HELP THE TRANSDUCER MAKE SECURE CONTACT WITH THE BODY AND ELIMINATE AIR POCKETS BETWEEN THE TRANSDUCER AND THE SKIN. THE SONOGRAPHER (ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGIST) THEN PRESSES THE TRANSDUCER FIRMLY AGAINST THE SKIN AND SWEEPS IT BACK AND FORTH OVER THE AREA OF INTEREST. DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY IS PERFORMED USING THE SAME TRANSDUCER. WHEN THE EXAMINATION IS COMPLETE, THE PATIENT MAY BE ASKED TO DRESS AND WAIT WHILE THE ULTRASOUND IMAGES ARE REVIEWED. HOWEVER, THE SONOGRAPHER IS OFTEN ABLE TO REVIEW THE ULTRASOUND IMAGES IN REAL-TIME AS THEY ARE ACQUIRED AND THE PATIENT CAN BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY. MOST ULTRASOUND EXAMINATIONS ARE COMPLETED WITHIN 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.

GENERAL ABDOMINAL (INCLUDES GALL BLADDER, LIVER, PANCREAS, SPLEEN, KIDNEY, AND AORTA) AORTA BIOPHYSICAL PROFILE BREAST ULTRASOUND HYSTEROSONOGRAM OBSTETRIC PELVIC WITH TRANSVAGINAL RENAL/BLADDER TESTICULAR THYROID DOPPLER MESENTERIC, PORTA-HEPATIC, AND RENAL ARTERIAL VENOUS DOPPLER OF THE ARMS AND LEGS CAROTID LIVER TRANSPLANT, RENAL TRANSPLANT TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX (ABIS) – ARTERIAL LEGS GROIN DOPPLER (POST HEART CATHETER) VEIN MAPPING OF THE ARMS AND LEGS

PREPARING FOR AN ULTRASOUND

WHILE MANY ULTRASOUND PROCEDURES REQUIRE NO PREPARATION FOR OUR PATIENTS, SOME DO. YOU SHOULD WEAR COMFORTABLE, LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING FOR YOUR ULTRASOUND EXAM. YOU WILL NEED TO REMOVE ALL CLOTHING AND JEWELRY IN THE AREA TO BE EXAMINED. YOU MAY BE ASKED TO WEAR A GOWN DURING THE PROCEDURE. OTHER PREPARATION DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF EXAMINATION YOU WILL HAVE. FOR SOME SCANS YOUR DOCTOR MAY INSTRUCT YOU NOT TO EAT OR DRINK FOR AS MANY AS 12 HOURS BEFORE YOUR APPOINTMENT. FOR OTHERS YOU MAY BE ASKED TO DRINK UP TO SIX GLASSES OF WATER TWO HOURS PRIOR TO YOUR EXAM AND AVOID URINATING SO THAT YOUR BLADDER IS FULL WHEN THE SCAN BEGINS. EACH PREP HELPS THE TECHNOLOGIST GET THE BEST POSSIBLE IMAGES FOR REVIEW. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR EACH TEST.

NO PREP REQUIRED BREAST CAROTID DOPPLER CRANIAL TESTICULAR TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER VENOUS DOPPLER ABIS NON-INVASIVE ARTERIAL TESTING OF THE ARMS GROIN DOPPLER VEIN MAPPING

NO EATING OR DRINKING (INCLUDING WATER) AFTER MIDNIGHT THE EVENING BEFORE THESE TESTS ABDOMINAL AORTA LIVER TRANSPLANT MESENTERIC DOPPLER PORTA-HEPATIC DOPPLER RENAL ARTERIAL DOPPLER RENAL TRANSPLANT WATER PREP FOR THREE (3) EXAMS - PELVIS OR OB ULTRASOUND: ONE AND ONE-HALF HOURS BEFORE THE EXAM, START DRINKING 32 OUNCES OF WATER (ABOUT FOUR CUPS). COMPLETE DRINKING WATER ABOUT ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED EXAM. DO NOT URINATE UNTIL AFTER THE TEST. - RENAL ULTRASOUND: DRINK PLENTY OF CLEAR LIQUIDS THE DAY BEFORE THE EXAM. THE DAY OF THE EXAM, DRINK 24 OUNCES (ABOUT THREE CUPS) OF WATER. COMPLETE DRINKING WATER ABOUT 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED EXAM. DO NOT URINATE UNTIL AFTER THE TEST.

RESULTS OF YOUR ULTRASOUND

IMAGES FROM THE ULTRASOUND EXAM ARE REVIEWED AND INTERPRETED BY A MEDCROSS RADIOLOGIST, WHO WILL DICTATE A REPORT, WHICH IS TRANSCRIBED AND SENT TO THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER WHO ORDERED THE EXAM. THE SONOGRAPHER IS NOT ABLE TO RENDER A DIAGNOSIS BASED ON WHAT THEY SEE IN THE EXAM ROOM. PATIENTS SHOULD CONTACT THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER FOR THE RESULTS OF THEIR ULTRASOUND EXAM. A CD OF THE EXAM CAN BE BURNED AND KEPT AT THE FRONT DESK FOR PICKUP BY THE PATIENT OR ORDERING CLINICIAN. PLEASE THE FRONT DESK FOR MORE INFORMATION 770-476-3939.

A VASCULAR SCREENING ULTRASOUND

IMAGES FROM THE ULTRASOUND EXAM ARE REVIEWED AND INTERPRETED BY A MEDCROSS RADIOLOGIST, WHO WILL DICTATE A REPORT, WHICH IS TRANSCRIBED AND SENT TO THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER WHO ORDERED THE EXAM. THE SONOGRAPHER IS NOT ABLE TO RENDER A DIAGNOSIS BASED ON WHAT THEY SEE IN THE EXAM ROOM. PATIENTS SHOULD CONTACT THEIR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER FOR THE RESULTS OF THEIR ULTRASOUND EXAM. A CD OF THE EXAM CAN BE BURNED AND KEPT AT THE FRONT DESK FOR PICKUP BY THE PATIENT OR ORDERING CLINICIAN. PLEASE THE FRONT DESK FOR MORE INFORMATION 770-476-3939.

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