What if your doctor could swipe a wand over your neck and reveal whether you have hidden heart disease? Miniature ultrasound machines are starting to make their way into doctors’ offices, where they ...

FDA panel approves Automated Breast Ultrasound for women with dense breasts. April 11, 2012— -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel today approved the widespread use of an automated ...

Many people think ultrasound is just used in pregnancies, but it can tell doctors a lot about what is going on in other parts of the body. New ultrasound technology helps diagnose cancer while keeping ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts --The technology resembles the ultrasounds used by doctors to inspect a woman's womb. But a team of scientists are using it to map rocks deep below the Earth's surface to hunt ...

A straightforward neck scan could help identify men who face a higher chance of heart attacks and strokes, according to new ...

Ultrasound works by sending sound waves through the body. Doctors can recommend ultrasound therapy to treat pain. It may work best alongside other treatments. Many people know ultrasound as an imaging ...

A prenatal ultrasound test uses high-frequency sound waves, inaudible to the human ear, that are transmitted through the abdomen via a device called a transducer to look at the inside of the abdomen.

An ultrasound is a painless procedure that uses sound waves to generate images of the inside of your body. Your doctor will often use an ultrasound to create images of a fetus during pregnancy. A ...