Picture this: a painless, radiation-free scan that can look inside your body in real time.

Congratulations, mama. You’re halfway through your pregnancy journey. After months peppered with nausea, exhaustion, and anxiety, you’ve made it to this major milestone. What’s more, it’s time for ...

A liver ultrasound is a noninvasive test that produces images of a person’s liver and its blood vessels. A liver ultrasound can help diagnose various conditions that affect the liver, such as fatty ...

Renal ultrasound scans, which people may also call kidney ultrasounds, provide an image of the kidneys and may help doctors identify an underlying issue with these organs. An ultrasound, also known as ...

The use of ultrasound in the diagnosis of many female disorders is undisputed. This mode of imaging uses ultrasound waves to reflect off various tissues as they pass through the targeted part of the ...

A pelvic ultrasound is a test doctors use to see the organs inside your pelvis. Pelvic ultrasounds help your doctor or health care provider make sure your reproductive organs are healthy. These ...

A testicular ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to produce images of your testicles and the tissue around them. It can take detailed pictures of your scrotum, testicles, and their blood ...

Transvaginal ultrasounds are solidly on the list of “medical procedures no one wants but you’ll probably need at some point anyway.” This type of ultrasound can be useful if your doctor needs to get a ...

Garrett Andrews is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Political Science at Portland Community College where he teaches State and Local Government. With five years of experience as a writer ...

What lies beneath the surface? Ultrasound is revealing the earliest signs of psoriatic arthritis, and changing care in the ...

Philip J. Mease, MD: It was 30% in a study in which I was lead author. The study involved 40 different dermatology clinics with dermatologists specializing in psoriasis in North America and Europe.

What Is a Liver Ultrasound? A liver ultrasound is a type of abdominal ultrasound, an imaging test that uses high-frequency sound waves to create pictures of the organs and structures in your abdomen, ...