An ultrasound is a safe, painless diagnostic imaging procedure that does not use radiation. Ultrasound utilises high frequency sound waves to produce real time diagnostic images of the soft tissues within the body. An ultrasound is performed using a hand held device called a transducer, which is moved across the body part of interest in order to acquire the images. The transducer transmits sound waves into the body and then they are reflected back to the transducer from the different tissues within the body. The ultrasound machine converts the reflected sound waves into an image of the body part being scanned.

Our radiologists (imaging specialist doctor) will view your images and write a report as soon as possible. Reports are sent to your referring doctor and are available within 24 hours. Make an appointment with your referring doctor to discuss the results of your scan.