Mention a sonogram, and people usually associate it with seeing a picture of an unborn fetus in the womb. It’s in a sonogram that you can detect the gender of a baby. But sonograms are useful in other ways as well and help our doctors make a diagnosis of internal problems you may be experiencing. A sonogram, also called a sonograph, refers to any picture of an internal organ taken with ultrasound technology.
The image, or sonogram, is generated through the process called ultrasonography. The technique relies on high frequency sounds to create the picture, thus there’s very little difference between a sonogram vs ultrasound; both are needed to complete the procedure. The sonogram is the image, the ultrasound is the technology used to create the image. While the terms carry different meanings, they often are used interchangeably to refer to the same procedure.
Varying Types of Procedures
Your OBGYN has access to a number of different ultrasound techniques to generate sonograms:
Transvaginal tests rely on a specially designed probe that is inserted inside your vagina to produce a vaginal sonogram. This procedure may be performed for a variety of reasons:
You’re in the early stages of a pregnancy.
You’re experiencing pelvic pain and the cause isn’t easily recognized.
You may have an ectopic pregnancy (where the fetus is forming in one of your fallopian tubes).
Your New York gynecologist is looking for fibroids or cysts.
You have vaginal bleeding that can’t be explained.
You’re suffering from infertility and want to know why.
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Manhattan Women’s Health & Wellness
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New York, NY 10011
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New York, NY 10028
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