Ultrasound is a method of imaging that uses high-frequency sound waves to produce precise images of organs and structures inside the body. Most associate ultrasound images with pregnancy and viewing a developing fetus, but there are many other uses for ultrasound technology in all areas of medicine.
Physicians use ultrasound images to see the heart, blood vessels, liver, gallbladder and other organs. No radiation is used during the procedure, making it an extremely safe way of getting precise images of internal organs. Using high frequency sound waveshigher than the human ear can detectan ultrasound sends waves into the body using a hand-held device called a transducer. After the waves bounce off tissues, they are picked back up by the transducer and a computer processes the information to produce an image. These images provide important information that can help a physician diagnose and treat disease.
Ultrasound may be used to diagnose gallbladder disease, evaluate flow in blood vessels, check the biopsy and treatment of a tumor, study the heart, diagnose some forms of infection, diagnose some forms of cancer and reveal abnormalities in the scrotum and prostate, among other things.
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Ultrasound Testing Locations:
Advanced Imaging Center, Sentara Port Warwick, Newport News Advanced Imaging Center, Sentara Princess Anne, Virginia Beach Advanced Imaging Center - Greenbrier, Chesapeake Advanced Imaging Center - Sentara St. Luke's, Isle of Wight Executive Evaluation Center, Wainwright, Norfolk
Geddy Outpatient Center, Williamsburg Sentara CarePlex Hospital, Hampton Sentara Leigh Hospital, Norfolk Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk Sentara Princess Anne Hospital
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Sentara Medical Group Diagnostic Centers
First Colonial Diagnostic Center, Virginia BeachNDC Diagnostic Center, Norfolk
Fort Norfolk Diagnostic Center, NorfolkNew Town Diagnostic Center, Williamsburg