Question

Write a short note on Sonography. How is it misused?

Answer 1

• Sonography technology uses ultrasonic sound waves to generate images of internal organs of the human body. 
• This is useful in finding out the cause of swelling, infection, pain, condition of the heart, the state of the heart after a heart attack as well as the growth of foetus inside the womb of a pregnant woman. 
• This technique makes use of a probe and a gel. 
• The gel is used to make proper contact between the skin and the probe so that the full capacity of the ultrasound can be utilized.
• High-frequency ultrasound is transmitted inside the body with the help of the probe. 
• The sound reflected from the internal organ is again collected by the probe and fed to a computer which generates the images of the internal organ.
• As this method is painless, it is increasingly used in medical practice for correct diagnosis.
• This technique is used by many people to find out gender of an unborn baby and this often leads to the incidence of female foeticide.