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Ultrasound is the name of the proceedure; a Sonogram is the picture image produced by an ultrasound scan.
Therapeutic ultrasoud uses low frequency sound waves to penetrate deep into the injured tissue during rehabilitation. This form of ultrasound creates heat using the lower frequencies, and the heat will help heal the injury. These sound waves are sent into the body using a transducer with no intent or way to capture any return they may have. Thus, no image is created. The sound waves are instead used and converted into heat energy.

Medical ultrasound used for imaging purposes, including pregnancy, uses higher frequency sound waves. The transducer (the small wand-like structure used during the exam on the skin surface) creates these sound waves, sends them into the body, and when they bounce off of structures and return to the transducer they are captured and converted to mechanical energy and displayed on the monitor.

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