Interventional Ultrasound:

Terms Related to Interventional Ultrasound

• Ultrasound Mammography

  Use of ultrasound for imaging the breast. The most frequent application is the diagnosis of neoplasms of the female breast.

• Interventional Radiology

  Subspeciality of radiology that combines organ system radiography, catheter techniques and sectional imaging.

• Doppler Ultrasonography

  Ultrasonography applying the Doppler effect, with frequency-shifted ultrasound reflections produced by moving targets (usually red blood cells) in the bloodstream along the ultrasound axis in ...

• Phonophoresis

  Use of ultrasound to increase the percutaneous adsorption of drugs.

• Echoencephalography

  Use of reflected ultrasound in the diagnosis of intracranial pathologic processes.

• Interventional Radiography

  Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that are invasive or surgical in nature, and require the expertise of a specially trained radiologist. In general, they are more ...

• Ultrasonic Mammography

  Use of ultrasound for imaging the breast. The most frequent application is the diagnosis of neoplasms of the female breast.