Ultrasound imaging system in sports medicine is a reliable imaging technique in a variety of conditions that are often difficult to X-ray to evaluate computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated. Among the many advantages is that since it does not use ionizing radiation, during the entire duration, the treatment of a lesion without regard are repeated delivered to the patient on the total amount of radiation.
Ultrasound in sports medicine is dependent on high-frequency sound waves that are based on the transferred skin with an area of interest, such as the wrist, shoulder or knee. Since these waves are of different tissues, some waves back to its source, while others are reflected, until they continue to apply. A source, as a device a transducer, the sound waves back into electrical impulses that used on a computer, these pulses to an image on the working field are sent konstruktevaluiert converted.
In general, the sound rising waves of high frequency produces more detailed images. The disadvantage of this detail is greater than the high-frequency noise does not travel over a few inches deep. This is the ultrasound in sports medicine, limited to surface structures.
Ultrasound is often used to prevent injury to tendons, ligaments and the rotator cuff () to diagnose from the shoulder. These lesions are difficult to X-ray or MRI, ultrasound diagnosis, but because they are fast and provides images while the patient performs certain maneuvers, such as placing the arm in different positions, can even the smallest lesions detected.
The doll is another area that is often in sports or repetitive stress injuries such as font injured. Ultrasound can detect in such cases, bruises or tears of the tendons of the wrist and can also detect excess accumulation of fluid in the wrist called the carpal tunnel.
Many sports injuries affect the knee muscles and tendons around. Although ultrasound can not penetrate into the bone is ideally suited for the detection of muscle tears and hematomas, often with a knee injury. And because the ultrasound examinations can be repeated as often as necessary, are an effective method to evaluate how to heal these wounds.
After knee and wrist injuries are the most common sporting ankle and related structures. Ultrasound is an imaging technology for a reliable assessment of lesions in the Achilles tendon and surrounding tissue.
In addition to the above specific structures used ultrasound in sports medicine often used for injuries such as bruises or sprains or tears. Although such injuries are diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging may be, the ultrasound is the preferred technology because it takes less time to obtain the necessary images. Ultrasound images of the sport is more profitable than the images obtained with CT or MRI. The choice of imaging method used is always the treating physician.
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