Sonography Blog

Though it would be nice if sonographers were never injured on the job, the reality is that a large percentage experience muscle injuries, inflammation of the tendons and nerve entrapment syndrome. Many of the injuries are due to activities like completing excessive scanning while maintaining a static work posture, assisting patients, and holding transducers for […]

For centuries, people have been proclaiming that they have the ability to predict the sex of a baby while it is still developing in the womb. Some people believe that the way a woman is carrying her baby can indicate the fetus’ sex as well as her mood, the state of her hair or skin, […]

There is a newcomer to the field of ultrasound technology: pocket ultrasound devices. For many physicians across the country, this tiny machine has been a part of normal physical exam tools in both hospital and outpatient clinic settings. Although pocket ultrasound devices are not necessarily standard in every healthcare environment, more physicians and sonographers are […]