Frequently Asked Questions
X-Rays
What is an X-Rays?
X-rays are one the most versatile and widely available medical technologies today. X-Rays machines use small amounts electromagnetic radiation to produce an image of the structures in your body.
How safe are X-Rays?
Adverse effects from radiation dose absorbed in diagnostic practice are rare. For example, the radiation dose absorbed from a simple X ray examination such as a chest X-Ray (radiograph) or an X Ray of the skull, abdomen, arms, shoulder or knees is quite low and smaller than that received annually from natural sources. There is no practical evidence of such effects from any human studies to date, but the theoretical possibility cannot be ruled out.
Why do I need X-Rays?
X-Rays can help determine the presence or degree of periodontal disease, abscesses, and many abnormal growths, such as cysts and tumors. X-Rays also can show the exact location of impacted and other signs of disease that may not be possible to detect through a visual examination.
ECG or EKG
What is an ECG/EKG?
An ECG/EKG Test is an easy way to get information to diagnose a problem with your heart. It doesn’t take long and doesn’t cause pain. ECG/EKG test can tell your healthcare provider if you’ve had a heart attack, heart failure or heart damage. It can also tell them if your heart rhythm isn’t normal or how well your pacemaker is working.
HOW DOES AN ECG/EKG TEST WORK?
An electrocardiogram is a graphic recording from the heart’s electrical impulses. It is a painless, non-invasive procedure. It simply measures the electrical activity of the heart as it beats.
ECG/EKG uses temporary electrodes on your chest and limbs to monitor, track and document your heart’s electrical activity (which controls your heartbeats) for diagnostic purposes. A computer translates the information into a wave pattern your healthcare provider can interpret.
What is the purpose of ECG/EKG test?
ECG/EKG testing helps identify heart conditions, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or HCM, and Long QT Syndrome, which affects young athletes.
ECG/EKG Test uses to check for signs that you have had a previous heart attack that went undetected. This procedure can also be used to check for an irregular heart rhythm, structural problems within your heart or artery blockages in your heart.
Ultrasound or Doppler Ultrasound
What is an Ultrasound/Doppler Ultrasound?
Ultrasound is a noninvasive test that can be used to estimate the blood flow through your blood vessels by bouncing high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) off circulating red blood cells. A regular ultrasound uses sound waves to produce images.
​What are the preparations that need to be done before ultrasound scan?
The patient must be without food and drink for at least six hours prior to the scan is done. Medication can be administered with a tiny amount of water.
How does a Doppler ultrasound work?
The ultrasound probe sends sound waves into the body. The sound waves bounce off of moving blood cells in blood vessels and go back to the probe to be detected. The computer looks at the change in pitch between the sound waves sent into the body and the echo to figure out the direction of blood flow and how fast the blood is moving.
The ultrasound provides information such as, blood circulation on how fast or slow your blood circulation is moving, if there is something that stops the blood flow, or if the blood is going in the wrong direction or pooling in a blood vessel.