Sonography

Sonography 

What is Sonography ? 

Sonography technology uses ultrasonic sound waves to generate images of internal organs of human body .

This is useful in finding out the cause of swelling , infection , pain , etc .

The condition of the heart , the state of the heart after a heart a heart attack as well as the growth of foetus inside the womb of a pregnant women are studied using this technique .

This technique makes use of a probe and a gel . The gel is used to make proper contact between the skin and the probe so that the full capacity of the ultrasonic sound can be utilized .

The gel is perfectly applied to the skin outside the internal organ to be studied .

High frequency ultrasonic sound is transmitted inside the body with the help of the probe .

The sound reflected from the internal organ is again collected by the probe and fed to a computer which generates the images of the internal organ .

As , this method is painless , it is increasingly used in medical practice for correct diagnosis .