ALLIED SERVICES

Your physician is supported by a full complement of allied services conveniently grouped in one location at Family Medical Center.

Radiology, mammography, lab, ultrasound, bone density and pulmonary screening are among the allied services available on an out-patient basis at the Clinic’s offices or adjacent facilities in Little Falls, Minnesota.

Ultrasound

Ultrasound can give expectant parents a window into the growing world of their unborn baby.

A common diagnostic procedure in pregnancy, ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to "echo," or bounce, off the body and create a picture.

In the procedure, a special lubricant is applied to the skin of the expectant mother's abdomen as a wand-like instrument (called a transducer) is positioned over it. Sound waves are generated and reflected back as electric impulses resulting in an image of the baby on a computer screen.

Usually performed between 18 and 20 weeks, an ultrasound may be done sooner or later and sometimes more than once.

Ultrasound can help your doctor:

The U.S. Fod and Drug Administration (FDA) and the American Institute of Ultrasound In Medicine (AIUM) warn parents-to-be that NON-medical ultrasounds such as those offered in shopping centers, are unapproved, inappropriate, and possibly even risky.