Reviews and News on Ultrasound Machines

We have all witnessed the rapid pace of technological development. We’ve seen how technology brings new tools to our lives, and makes existing tools smaller, more powerful, and less expensive. Portable ultrasound is no different. Even wealthy private individuals can purchase machines should they so desire: Tom Cruise created significant controversy when he purchased a machine for home use while wife Katie Holmes was expecting their first child.

So let’s consider two questions. First, with all the technological advances in diagnostic medicine, is the portable ultrasound machine still a valuable medical tool, or has it gone the way of the dinosaur? Advanced testing modalities, like CT scans, MRIs, and PET scans, are commonplace these days as the technology to provide them becomes more affordable. Is there still a place in the medical office for a portable ultrasound machine?

The answer is a resounding “yes!” When you need answers quickly, there is nothing like having a portable ultrasound machine in your office. Ultrasound machines can quickly provide diagnostic information, from abdominal pain to looking for blood clots in the veins to diagnosing an ectopic pregnancy. The size of the equipment  needed for CT and PET scans and MRIs makes it impossible for every office to have one on hand. In the hands of a skilled medical professional, a portable ultrasound is a powerful and sometimes instantaneous diagnostic tool.

Which brings us to our second question: what is an ultrasound good for? Most of us are most familiar with ultrasounds of developing infants, or other diagnostic uses. But technology is finding new uses for the technology at the heart of this familiar imaging device. Ultrasounds waves at a higher energy level than used for diagnostic imaging can produce very powerful results. For example, focused ultrasound energy can be used to cauterize wounds and stop bleeding, to break up kidney stones, and to treat cancer by accelerating the rate at which drugs are absorbed into the body or tumor.

In light of these new uses, and in light of the wonderful diagnostic imaging they can provide, portable ultrasound machines have a definite place in the medical office of today and tomorrow.

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