An abdominal ultrasound can help your doctor see many organs in your abdomen. Recommendation for this test may be to evaluate if you have a problem in any of these body areas:
*Access of blood flow through various vessels
*Gallbladder
*Intestines
*Kidneys
*Liver
*Pancreas
*Spleen

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Breast ultrasound is most often done to find out if a problem found by a mammogram or physical exam of the breast may be a cyst filled with fluid or a solid tumor. Ultrasound may be used if you:
*Have particularly dense breast tissue. A mammogram may not be able to see through the tissue.

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Breast ultrasound is most often done to find out if a problem found by a mammogram or physical exam of the breast may be a cyst filled with fluid or a solid tumor. Ultrasound may be used if you:
*Have particularly dense breast tissue. A mammogram may not be able to see through the tissue.

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Ultrasound assessment of the pelvis may include, but is not limited to, the following:
*Size, shape, and position of the uterus and ovaries
*Blood flow through pelvic organs

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Transvaginal Ultrasound assessment of the pelvis may include, but is not limited to, the following:
*Size, shape, and position of the uterus and ovaries
*Blood flow through pelvic organs

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Ultrasound used to assess the size, shape, and location of the kidneys. Ultrasound may also be used to assess blood flow to the kidneys. Ultrasounds may be requested if you have:
*Abnormal renal function
*Kidney stone
*Cyst, mass
*Urinary Obstruction

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An ultrasound of the thyroid is typically used:
*to determine if a lump in the neck is arising from the thyroid or an adjacent structure
*to analyze the appearance of thyroid nodules and determine if they are the more common benign nodule or if the nodule has features that require a biopsy.
*to look for additional nodules in patients with one or more nodules felt on physical exam
*to see if a thyroid nodule has substantially grown over time

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Ultrasound can help the physician to see and evaluate:
*blockages to blood flow (such as clots)
*narrowing of vessels
*tumors and congenital vascular malformations
*increased blood flow

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Ultrasound can help the physician to see and evaluate:
*blockages to blood flow (such as clots)
*narrowing of vessels
*tumors and congenital vascular malformations
*increased blood flow

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Ultrasound assessment to assess:
*fetal well-being coupled with a fetal heart rate tracing
*assessment of fluid index
*fetal breathing movements,
*total body movements
*limb tone demonstrated by flexion and extension of the limbs

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Obstetrical ultrasound is a useful clinical test to:
*establish the presence of a living embryo/fetus
*estimate the age of the pregnancy
*diagnose congenital abnormalities of the fetus
*evaluate the position of the fetus
*evaluate the position of the placenta
*determine if there are multiple pregnancies
*determine the amount of amniotic fluid around the baby
*check for opening or shortening of the cervix
*assess fetal growth
*assess fetal well-being

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Obstetrical ultrasound is a useful clinical test to:
*establish the presence of a living embryo/fetus
*estimate the age of the pregnancy
*diagnose congenital abnormalities of the fetus
*evaluate the position of the fetus
*evaluate the position of the placenta
*determine if there are multiple pregnancies
*determine the amount of amniotic fluid around the baby
*check for opening or shortening of the cervix
*assess fetal growth
*assess fetal well-being

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Obstetrical ultrasound is a useful clinical test to:
*establish the presence of a living embryo/fetus
*estimate the age of the pregnancy
*diagnose congenital abnormalities of the fetus
*evaluate the position of the fetus
*evaluate the position of the placenta
*determine if there are multiple pregnancies
*determine the amount of amniotic fluid around the baby
*check for opening or shortening of the cervix
*assess fetal growth
*assess fetal well-being

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