Health and Medical Guide to Diagnostic Tests Ultrasound Health information topics about Ultrasound: Children 1. Pediatric Abdominal Ultrasound Imaging American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ultra-abdomen-pd.htm 2. Frequently Asked Questions about Pediatric Echocar American Society of Echocardiography http://www.seemyheart.org/ped.html Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Ultrasonography, Prenatal National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=prenatal+ultrasonography+preg... Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Radiology Info: Glossary of Terms American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/glossary/glossary1.cfm Directories 1. American College of Radiology Accredited Facilitie American College of Radiology http://apps2.acr.org/lib/afw/afw-search.php Men 1. Ultrasound of the Scrotum Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/us-scrotal.htm 2. Ultrasound of the Prostate Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/us-prostate.htm Organizations 1. Radiology Info American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/ Overviews 1. Ultrasound Imaging Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=PR00053 2. Ultrasound: General American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ultrasound-general.htm Research 1. Ultrasound Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/139/6/I-56 Specific Conditions 1. What You Should Know about Your Doppler Ultrasound American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine http://www.aium.org/patient/aboutExam/doppler.asp 2. Understanding EUS (Endoscopic Ultrasonography) American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.askasge.org/pages/brochures/eus.cfm 3. Ultrasound: Venous (Extremities) Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ultrasound-venous.htm 4. Ultrasound: Vascular American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ultrasound-vascular.htm 5. Ultrasound: Pelvis American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ultrasound-pelvis.htm 6. Ultrasound: Musculoskeletal American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ultrasound-muscskel.htm 7. Cancer Imaging National Cancer Institute http://imaging.cancer.gov/imaginginformation/ 8. Cardiac Ultrasound and Doppler Echocardiography American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3005161 9. Doppler Study Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00511 10. Duplex Ultrasound Society for Vascular Surgery http://www.vascularweb.org/_CONTRIBUTION_PAGES/Patient_Information/NorthPoi... 11. Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00012 12. Frequently Asked Questions about Echocardiography American Society of Echocardiography http://www.seemyheart.org/faq.html 13. Frequently Asked Questions about Exercise Stress E American Society of Echocardiography http://www.seemyheart.org/stress.html 14. Ultrasound: Guided Breast Biopsy American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/interventional/breast_biopsy_us.htm 15. Ultrasound: Abdomen American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/ultrasound-abdomen.htm 16. Glossary of Neurological Diagnostic Tests American Association of Neurological Surgeons http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/glossary.asp 17. Frequently Asked Questions about Transthoracic Ech American Society of Echocardiography http://www.seemyheart.org/tte.html 18. Frequently Asked Questions about Transesophageal E American Society of Echocardiography http://www.seemyheart.org/tee.html Women 1. FDA Cautions against Ultrasound 'Keepsake Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2004/104_images.html 2. Frequently Asked Questions about Fetal Echocardiog American Society of Echocardiography http://www.seemyheart.org/fe.html 3. Ultrasound March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/159_523.asp 4. Ultrasound in Pregnancy: What Can It Tell You? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=PR00054 5. 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