Ultrasonography

Ultrasound is an imaging technology that uses high frequency sound waves to view internal organs and produce diagnostic pictures of the body.

• Ultrasound machines produce no radiation.
• Ultrasound exams are painless.

How Children's Hospital Boston approaches ultrasonography

The Ultrasound Division is designed, equipped and staffed to obtain high-quality ultrasound images of infants and children of any size who have a variety of medical and surgical conditions. Our division features:

• Highly trained pediatric radiologists with expertise in performing and interpreting ultrasound studies in infants and children of all ages
• Pediatric sonographers with years of experience
• In conjunction with the Advanced Fetal Care Center at Children's, radiologists and technologists who care for infants and children on a daily basis, also perform fetal ultrasound examinations.