[12] Thus, in each wrist and finger, symptoms were assessed ... using a HITACHI machine with a 7.5 - 13 MHz linear array transducer. Gel was used to provide an acoustic interface.

The ultrasound scanner has a probe that gives off sound waves. The probe looks a bit like a microphone. The sound waves bounce off the organs inside your body, and the probe picks them up. The probe ...

The Institutional Review Board of our hospital (Taipei Tzuchi Hospital Institutional Review Board Committee) approved this study, and patients provided informed consent prior to the study.

But the new op is guided by an ultrasound scan which is held over the wrist. This allows the surgeon to see inside the wrist and avoids the need to open it up. An incision is made at the base of ...