An abdominal ultrasound is an imaging test using sound waves that can used to view internal organs, including the gallbladder. A healthcare provider may order one if symptoms, such as abdominal ...

Abdominal ultrasound is when your abdomen is examined by a radiologist or sonographer using this machine to ‘see inside you’. What are the common uses? To evaluate the liver, gallbladder, kidneys, ...

A comparative study of three diagnostic methods used in assessing blunt abdominal trauma revealed that contrast-enhanced sonography proved to have a high diagnostic value than the other two methods.

Doctors use two types of ultrasound to help detect and diagnose pancreatic cancer: abdominal ultrasounds and endoscopic ultrasounds. Learn more about these tests.

Clinician seeks guidelines for ordering abdominal ultrasound to detect asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm in a smoker.

Computed tomography (CT) scans ordered after an inconclusive ultrasound examination yield positive findings about 33% of the time.

Ultrasound uses high frequency sound waves generated electronically using special crystals in a probe. The sound travels through your body, and bounces off different tissues and back to a receiver on ...