Curso de ecografía abdominal. Introducción a la técnica ecográfica. Principios físicos. Lenguaje ecográfico
- Segura Grau, Ana
- Sáez Fernández, Ángel
- Rodríguez Lorenzo, Angel
- Díaz Rodríguez, Nabor
ISSN: 1138-3593
Year of publication: 2014
Issue: 1
Pages: 42-46
Type: Article
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Sustainable development goals
Abstract
Ultrasound is a non-invasive, accessible, and versatile diagnostic technique that uses high frequency ultrasound waves to define outline the organs of the human body, with no ionising radiation, in real time and with the capacity to visual several planes. The high diagnostic yield of the technique, together with its ease of uses plus the previously mentioned characteristics, has currently made it a routine method in daily medical practice. It is for this reason that the multidisciplinary character of this technique is being strengthened every day. To be able to perform the technique correctly requires knowledge of the physical basis of ultrasound, the method and the equipment, as well as of the human anatomy, in order to have the maximum information possible to avoid diagnostic errors due to poor interpretation or lack of information.