Re: Doppler/renal ultrasound

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Good luck on your exams, Kathleen. It's been a long, hard pull. Let us

know how it goes.

Vicki

Doppler/renal ultrasound

> At 04:22 29/04/2005, you wrote:

>>In any event, seems they're also

>>going to schedule the ultrasound (doppler ulrrasound?) renal scan for

>>week

>

>

> hi sky,

>

> a renal ultrasound may or may not use Doppler, depending on what the

> ordering physician is trying to rule out. Doppler is really just

> like " Doppler weather " we see on newscasts. it uses a technique to see

> (well, to acquire a " physics picture " of reflections) the direction

> and

> velocity of red blood cells in a vessel. ultrasound resolution is so

> good

> these days that even without Doppler (which shows up on the monitor in

> color) we can see red blood cells moving in the great vessels, the

> aorta

> and ivc.

>

> i don't know if you've had any ultrasound, but if you have questions,

> i'm here.

>

> i'm taking my 3 national board exams for my ultrasound license this

> month.

> . . .physics on may 6, ob/gyn on may 13, and abdomen later in the

> month. so

> i had better know this stuff! good luck with your tests and i hope

> you are

> treated very well.

>

> kcd

>

[Guest guest]

Good luck on your exams, Kathleen. It's been a long, hard pull. Let us

know how it goes.

Vicki

Doppler/renal ultrasound

> At 04:22 29/04/2005, you wrote:

>>In any event, seems they're also

>>going to schedule the ultrasound (doppler ulrrasound?) renal scan for

>>week

>

>

> hi sky,

>

> a renal ultrasound may or may not use Doppler, depending on what the

> ordering physician is trying to rule out. Doppler is really just

> like " Doppler weather " we see on newscasts. it uses a technique to see

> (well, to acquire a " physics picture " of reflections) the direction

> and

> velocity of red blood cells in a vessel. ultrasound resolution is so

> good

> these days that even without Doppler (which shows up on the monitor in

> color) we can see red blood cells moving in the great vessels, the

> aorta

> and ivc.

>

> i don't know if you've had any ultrasound, but if you have questions,

> i'm here.

>

> i'm taking my 3 national board exams for my ultrasound license this

> month.

> . . .physics on may 6, ob/gyn on may 13, and abdomen later in the

> month. so

> i had better know this stuff! good luck with your tests and i hope

> you are

> treated very well.

>

> kcd

>

[Guest guest]

Good luck on your exams, Kathleen. It's been a long, hard pull. Let us

know how it goes.

Vicki

Doppler/renal ultrasound

> At 04:22 29/04/2005, you wrote:

>>In any event, seems they're also

>>going to schedule the ultrasound (doppler ulrrasound?) renal scan for

>>week

>

>

> hi sky,

>

> a renal ultrasound may or may not use Doppler, depending on what the

> ordering physician is trying to rule out. Doppler is really just

> like " Doppler weather " we see on newscasts. it uses a technique to see

> (well, to acquire a " physics picture " of reflections) the direction

> and

> velocity of red blood cells in a vessel. ultrasound resolution is so

> good

> these days that even without Doppler (which shows up on the monitor in

> color) we can see red blood cells moving in the great vessels, the

> aorta

> and ivc.

>

> i don't know if you've had any ultrasound, but if you have questions,

> i'm here.

>

> i'm taking my 3 national board exams for my ultrasound license this

> month.

> . . .physics on may 6, ob/gyn on may 13, and abdomen later in the

> month. so

> i had better know this stuff! good luck with your tests and i hope

> you are

> treated very well.

>

> kcd

>

[Guest guest]

At 08:13 AM 4/30/05, kcd (k.c. dillon) wrote:

>hi sky,

>

>a renal ultrasound may or may not use Doppler, depending on what the

>ordering physician is trying to rule out. Doppler is really just

>like " Doppler weather " we see on newscasts. it uses a technique to see

>(well, to acquire a " physics picture " of reflections) the direction and

>velocity of red blood cells in a vessel. ultrasound resolution is so good

>these days that even without Doppler (which shows up on the monitor in

>color) we can see red blood cells moving in the great vessels, the aorta

>and ivc.

>

>i don't know if you've had any ultrasound, but if you have questions, i'm

>here.

Thanks, kcd. I don't think there'll be any problems as to how I'm treated.

I need to call today to see when the appointment is. Sometime next week,

I'm sure. I've never had an ultrasound, but see it enough on Discovery

Health programs that I know how it works. 8-)

sky