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Hey hey look I made a blob! She’s actually looking directly at the camera (so you can make out her facial features a bit) because she’s stubborn like her parents and wouldn’t move again, but what can I expect of my daughter?? Meet Casselia Grace Margaret Colleen Johnson arriving sometime around July 5th :) #baby #ultrasound #babiesofinstagram #daughter
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The New Yorker — March 28th, 2005
This video introduces the newfound benefits and information that the ultrasound provides, particularly that ultrasounds are non-invasive for both mother and child and relatively inexpensive. Fetal growth and even potential abnormalities can be discovered as they happen in real time. All the ultrasound requires is a full bladder, to provide a water-path for the ultrasound to be viewed.
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Well… it’s official. I’m expecting TWINS! I’m absolutely terrified but couldn’t be more excited. My valentines babies knew that was the perfect day for them to make me their mother. I’m anxious for the road ahead!
Any other moms out there that have had twins? I don’t even know where to start!
Please bear with me while I learn how to use this fun machine! I didn’t want to stop watching- I ran the battery dry just looking from all different ways
Wry nice. Can’t wait for the OF video.
*Showing ultrasound pics in my twenties means I’m pregnant? Nope.*
Here’s the real story: I had a tough stomach pain out of the sudden a few weeks back which left me unable to stand straight. “Maybe I’m getting heavy period pains the first time in my life.” I thought.
But they didn’t disappear like I wished they would. On top of this I started to vomit and my bathroom frequency went up significantly.
I went to my GI “Better safe than sorry!” I told myself expecting the whole thing to be nothing. Maybe a stomach bug. Maybe even less. I was chatting with my GI when he noticed that I seemed to have an obstruction. After more than one year of remission in a state of “perfect health” it hit me again.
I knew that this could happen every moment out of the sudden. In fact I had experienced most of my flare ups unexpectedly. But it still felt unreal. He put me on entocort first, but since it didn’t work like we wished it would and the obstruction seemed to be somewhere in the middle of my small intestine he switched it to that good old prednisone a few days later. Now I’m able to eat again. And that feels quite good. I started Imuran again, too. I’ll do everything in my own power to make this flare up as short as possible.
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Why and How we use Ultrasound
For anyone that has worked in a hospital, ultrasound is a common tool of the trade. It is used for a variety of things:
We all know WHAT it is, but we don’t really take the time to learn how it works or why we use it in the first place as one of our most common tools to assist in patient care.
One Cool Usage of Ultrasound
In 2005, the University of Heidelberg completed a study that used low-frequency ultrasound to help diagnose stroke in individuals with ischemia present and then treatment. The study is now publicly shared on the AHA stroke page.
Here are a few images show with the study:
Conclusion
This is a brief introduction to how ultrasound works and an interesting study using ultrasound as a tool to help diagnose strokes. This is only a sliver of the possibilities we can see with this technology.
Written by: MedDaily
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Yesterday, I had a tutorial to practice my ultrasonography skills to assist with an interscalene brachial plexus block for shoulder surgery. While itself an amazing opportunity, I also received quite possibly, my favourite compliment ever.
During the tutorial, the anaesthetist, a rather large older man, told me I had the most perfect neck anatomy he had ever seen.
When your entire morning consists of the nursing staff telling you how ‘tired’ you look, a good neck anatomy comment definitely does not go unappreciated.
Maybe beauty really is on the inside!
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(For those at home, this is similar to what he was seeing at the time, although probably not as perfect…)
Laser-based ultrasound detects defect-producing features in metal 3D printing
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have developed a new all-optical ultrasound technique capable of performing on-demand characterization of melt tracks and detecting formation of defects in a popular metal 3D printing process.
In a paper published by Scientific Reports, lab researchers propose a diagnostic using surface acoustic waves (SAW), generated by laser-based ultrasound, that can reveal tiny surface and sub-surface defects in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) metal 3D-printing. The team reported the system they developed can effectively and accurately evaluate laser melt lines—the tracks where the laser liquifies metal powder in LPBF printing—by scattering acoustic energy from melt lines, voids and surface features that can be quickly detected. The team validated the findings using optical microscopy and X-ray computed tomography (CT).
“We hope that this work demonstrates the potential for an all-optical ultrasound system capable of rapid, on-demand in situ characterization of LPBF processes and powders,” said LLNL engineer and principal investigator David Stobbe. “The demonstrated laser-based ultrasound, surface acoustic wave system showed excellent sensitivity to surface and near-surface features, including breaks in the LPBF melt line, metal surface splatter and subsurface air voids.”
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I love when he says “and there is Stephanie’s heart.” If he had said “and there is her heart,” it would not have been as sexy and hot. Stephanie’s heart…I love how that sounds. And how erotic is it when he digs that probe into her skin for the subxiphoid view of her heart? Seeing her whole heart pumping like that is beyond amazing. If I ever met a cardiophile named Stephanie, I would love to say “Stephanie, may I ultrasound your heart now?”
With a stethoscope, I feel it to be an examination of the heart. With a steth, you pick up the head piece, a lot or ever so slightly, and move it to another location. With a doppler, I feel it to be an exploration of the heart. With a doppler, the probe’s location and angle can be slowly and meticulously moved to generate different sounds, SO many different sounds. Yes, with the steth, the heart sounds different depending on the exact location you are listening to, slightly different to very different, all erotic and all beautiful; but with the doppler, it is just, well, a whole different experience, at least to me. I like the sound of the steth much better, but there is just something about that doppler. With a doppler, I feel that there is just more going on, a more sensory experience and adventure. I also love the way the probe looks when being held or manipulated, not that I don’t love the way a steth looks when being held or manipulated, but once again, there is just something about that probe. And with a doppler, you get to smear, rub, and massage gel all over the chest. It’s a fun, pleasurable, and erotic prelude to bliss.
I did some squats to get him going. I also did two quick pushes. You can see how my heart reacts. Enjoy.
I messed around with the settings more. Also, I was spraying salt water on me, rather than using aloe vera gel. I did this right after my workout, so my heart was still pumping good.
I messed around with the settings a little. The image is better. Positioning the probe is what I have to master. The aloe vera works great, but I may suck it up and buy some actual ultrasound gel. I hope my heart looks good to you thus far. Enjoy….
This is my first time using this thing. I have no idea what I’m doing.There are ways to tweak the image, but I haven’t read the directions yet. I ripped it out of the box, plugged it in, and went to town. I needed to see my heart IMMEDIATELY!
WHY PHYSIOTHERAPY IS IMPORTANT?
Because there’re scientifically proven benefits to improve health, let’s have a closer look at them.
Ultrasound therapy is an electrotherapy which has been used in physiotherapy practices since 1950s. It is when high frequency sound waves cause vibrations and movement of cellular fluids.
Benefits of ultrasound therapy include improving the healing rate of certain soft tissues, as it:
- Increases blood flow to an area in order to accelerate the resolution time of the inflammatory process.
- Stimulates the production of collagen (the main protein in tendons and ligaments) during tissue healing.
Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) is muscle compression using electrical driving forces or impulses. In the 1960’s, Soviet sport scientists applied EMS in the training of their elite athletes, claiming 40% force gains.
Nowadays it can be utilized as a strength training tool for healthy subjects and athletes; it could be used as a rehabilitation and preventive tool for people who are partially or totally immobilized; it could be utilized as a testing tool for evaluating the neural and/or muscular function; it could be used as a post-exercise recovery tool for athletes.
While EMS can be an effective tool in physical therapy and rehabilitation, it’s just one of many strategies employed by physical therapists, sports medicine physicians, and orthopedists.
Other forms of therapy include:
- muscle-strengthening exercises using weights, resistance bands, machines, and a person’s own body weight
- massage
- range-of-motion exercises
- stretching and flexibility exercises
- ice and heat treatments
All in all, all the methods mentioned above are tools, and should be used accordingly. That’s why when your doctor suggests physiotherapy sessions with EMS, ultrasound, and corrective exercises please keep in mind they all have proven benefits. Stay healthy
#physiotherapy #ems #ultrasound #recovery photo by @me_photo_graphy (at Khobar, Saudi Arabia)
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