Ultrasound diagnostics allows us to study almost all the components of our body, not just for finding indications regarding the study of bone and hollow viscera.
I should like to highlight how, unlike other methods, ultrasound scans are totally free from the risk of exposure to ionizing radiation or radiological contrast media, deriving only from a process of compression and rarefaction of acoustic waves generated by the ultrasound probe that impact our body, which and then are reworked at the time of their reflection by powerful software that finally give us a two-dimensional image of our organs and mechanisms, in a grayscale colouration.
Another huge advantage of ultrasound scans is that they allow us to have a real-time image of our body (the study of intestinal peristalsis is quite fascinating) and, with active or passive movements, they also allow us to evaluate the dynamism of organs and musculoskeletal segments.
I would like to now briefly discuss the organs and mechanisms that can be viewed through ultrasound scans, starting with the abdominal organs. The study of the abdomen is carried out with the aid of the low-frequency Convex probe. Only in particularly slim and well-prepared subjects can a high-frequency linear probe approach be attempted, which greatly increases diagnostic accuracy.
Worth noting is that the left adrenal lodge, the deep region of the pancreatic tail and the intermediate tract of the ureter, are areas of difficult ultrasound access, even in the presence of good intestinal preparation by the patient. Another exploratory difficulty is constituted by the fibroadipose sinus, where due to the barrage of involutional fatty lobules, the definition of the deep breast levels is lost.
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