Ultrasound (or echotomography), diagnostic technique based on the use of ultrasound waves.
With a probe placed on the skin, a beam of ultrasound is sent towards the body structures to be examined. The ultrasound waves bounce back based on the density of the tissues crossed and create an image on the monitor. This makes it possible to distinguish gas from solid tissue, and even see fine structures of the solid organs.
Currently the field of ultrasound is vast: from the examination of abdominal organs such as the liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and urinary tract, lymph nodes, bladder, prostate, ovary, liquid collections, cysts, degenerative and inflammatory processes, or tumors that alter the normal echostructure of the tissue.
Deep tissue biopsy can be performed with ultrasound guided technique.
More superficial structures such as thyroid, parathyroid, testicle and breast can also be imaged by ultrasound.
In addition, ultrasound is useful for examining superficial muscle and tendon structures such as those of the shoulder, hand and foot: for example, it is possible to identify tears of the long head of the biceps tendon.
Because there is no risk to the mother or fetus, ultrasound is widely used in monitoring normal and complicated pregnancies. Ultrasound diagnosis is also used to monitor brain diseases of the fetus and newborn.
THE SERVICES PROVIDED
- Complete/Upper/Lower Abdomen Ultrasound
- Lung Ultrasound
- Ultrasound with Liver Elastometry
- Head, Neck and Soft Tissue Ultrasound
- Transvaginal Ultrasound* only with Breast Screening
- Muscle, tendon, and articular joint ultrasounds
- Breast Ultrasound
- Contrast Enhanced US (CEUS): Ultrasound with contrast medium
- Arterial and venous echo-color Doppler of the upper and lower limbs, of the supra-aortic trunks - TSA - and of the large abdominal vessels
- Liver, Biliary Tracts, Spleen Echo-Color Doppler
- Renal, Adrenal Gland, Pancreas Doppler ultrasound
- Ultrasound with “Steatometer” software (particularly suitable for the early diagnosis and monitoring of chronic liver diseases)
