Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9ScienceStudy of Sound5 Marks
Question
Write a short note on Sonography. How is it misused?
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Answer
Sonography technology uses ultrasonic sound waves to generate images of internal organs of the human body.
This is useful in finding out the cause of swelling, infection, pain, condition of the heart, the state of the heart after a heart attack as well as the growth of foetus inside the womb of a pregnant woman.
This technique makes use of a probe and a gel.
The gel is used to make proper contact between the skin and the probe so that the full capacity of the ultrasound can be utilized.
High-frequency ultrasound is transmitted inside the body with the help of the probe.
The sound reflected from the internal organ is again collected by the probe and fed to a computer which generates the images of the internal organ.
As this method is painless, it is increasingly used in medical practice for correct diagnosis.
This technique is used by many people to find out gender of an unborn baby and this often leads to the incidence of female foeticide.
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