Tuesday 27 June 2017


ULTRASOUND APPLICATIONS IN VARIOUS MEDICAL DEPARTMENTS 

1. ANESTHESIA
  • Guidance for vascular access
  • Regional Anesthesia
  • Intraoperative monitoring of fluid status and cardiac activity
2. CARDIOLOGY
  • Echocardiography
  • Intra cardiac assessment
3. CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
  • Procedural guidance
  • Pulmonary assessment 
  • Focused echocardiography
4. DERMATOLOGY
  • Assessments of skin lesions and tumors
5. EMERGENCY MEDICINES
  • Fast and focused emergency assessment
  • Procedural guidance
6. ENDOCRIOLOGY AND ENDOCRINE SURGERY
  • Assessment of thyroid and parathyroid
  • Procedural Guidance
7. GENERAL SURGERY
  • Ultrasonography of breasts
  • Procedural guidance
  • Intra operative assessments
8. GYNECOLOGY
  • Assessment of cervix,uterus and adnexa 
  • Procedural guidance
9. OBSTETRICS AND MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE

  • Assessment of pregnancy
  • Detection of fetal abnormalities
  • Procedural guidance
10. NEONATOLOGY

  • Cranial and pulmonary assessments
11. NEPHROLOGY
  • Vascular assess for dialysis
12. NEUROLOGY
  • Trans cranial Doppler
  • Peripheral-nerve evaluation 
13. OPHTHALMOLOGY
  • Corneal and retinal assessments
14. ORTHOLOGY
  • Musculo skeletal applications

15. OTOLARYNGOLOGY

  • Assessment of thyroid and neck masses
  • Procedural guidance

16. PEDIATRICS

  • Assessment of bladder
  • Procedural guidance

17. PULMONARY MEDICINE

  • Trans thoracic pulmonary assessments
  • Endo bronchial assessments
  • Procedural guidance

18. RHEUMATOLOGY

  • Monitoring of synovitis
  • Procedural guidance

19. UROLOGY

  • Renal bladder and prostrate assessments
  • Procedural guidance

20. VASCULAR SURGERY

  • Carotid, aterial, and venous assessment
  • Procedural assessment






Tuesday 20 June 2017

FINGER MOUNTED PROBES


These are the small ultrasound probe with a finger clip ,that is adapted to mounted on human finger. It slides onto clinician's index finger,allowing them to put hand on the patient for physical exam. The first finger mounted probe SonoEye is developed by Sonivate Medicals

FEATURES
  • The finger probes are supported by the clip
  • The interior surface is adapted to contact in human finger
  • It has a micro array architecture
  • It has a mass less than 280 gm
MAIN PARTS 

1.Finger Clip 
  • Adapted to mount on human finger.
  • Providing support to the probe
2.Connector
  • Adapted to mate to a user-worn mating connector-half
3. Multi conductor cable
  • Electrically connector to the connector
ADVANTAGEOUS
  • Small size
  • Flexible
  • Quickly Detachable 
APPLICATIONS
  • Analysis of wounds
  • Analysis of fluid flow
  • To carry out guided biopsies
  • Can be used to diagnose torn muscles, Tendor tissues ,Fractures, Internal bleeding and swollen organs
  • Surgical applications
USG image of Heart by a finger mounted Transducer
To watch the finger mount transducer application click here


WHEN WE NEED TO REPAIR THE PROBE ???? Many of the probe damages are repairable at initial state. But in many cases the Practitio...