Get an Ultrasound At Mid-State Health

Ultrasound imaging is used to capture real-time pictures of superficial structures and movement of the body’s internal organs, as well as blood flowing through blood vessels.

Ultrasound is a safe and painless procedure that is used to produce images of the inside of the body using sound waves. Ultrasound imaging, also called ultrasound scanning or sonography, involves the use of a small transducer (probe) and ultrasound gel placed directly on the skin. High-frequency sound waves are transmitted from the probe, through the gel, and into the body. The tranducer collects the sounds that bounce back and a computer then uses those sound waves to create an image.

Reasons for Ultrasounds

Ultrasounds are commonly used to evaluate soft tissue structures in the body, including the thyroid gland, breasts, abdominal and pelvic organs, and testes.

There are also specialty ultrasouns for visualizing the blood flow in arteries and veins:

• A doppler vascular ultrasound is a special ultrasound technique that allows the physician to see and evaluate blood flow through arteries and veins in the abdomen, arms, legs, neck, and/or brain (in infants and children) or within various body organs such as the liver or kidneys.
• Vascular ultrasound produces precise images and measurements of many blood vessels in the body. It can detect diseased vessels and identify a wide variety of changing conditions, enabling the radiologist to make a quick and accurate diagnosis.

Location:
Mid-State Health Center
101 Boulder Point Drive, Ste. 1,
Plymouth NH, 03264