Cranial ultrasonography is most often used in infants to diagnose problems with the brain
Ultrasonography is also called sonography, diagnostic sonography, and echocardiography when it is used to image the heart
Cranial ultrasonography is also performed on adults during brain surgery to help identify the location of brain tumors
Tests such as amniocentesis and ultrasonography can determine whether a fetus is developing normally in the womb.
Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography is a noninvasive method of analyzing blood flow in the brain.
Sonogram
Carotid Ultrasonography
A Doppler ultrasonography test showing no restricted blood flow is a normal finding.
Ultrasonography procedures are safe, noninvasive, and painless. No special precautions are necessary.
Hypoechoic is used in ultrasonography. It points out abnormal reductions in echoes usually due to a change in tissue density in the body.
Doppler ultrasonography uses what is called the Doppler effect to measure the rate and direction of blood flow in the vessels.
with the wave transmitted in tissue