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Ultrasound

Ultrasound is a medical imaging technique using ultrasound waves to obtain diagnostic images from various parts of the body. The ultrasounds (high frequency sound vibration), emitted by a probe covered with a water-based gel, are transmitted in the tissues and are reflected as sound waves captured and analyzed using a computer to create images.

Ultrasound allows the investigation of the pathology of certain organs in the abdomen, the pelvic area, the thyroid, neck and breasts. It also allows a detailed study of superficial anatomical structures, muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints.

The Doppler provides information on the vascularization of various organs and explores the blood vessels, giving a picture of the vessels, coloured in red or blue, depending on the direction of the blood flow. This technique is also practiced in the Radimed Ultrasound Clinic.

RADIMED’s ultrasound clinic section offers many Ultrasound procedures, such as:

  • Abdominal
  • Pelvic
  • Transvaginal
  • Breasts
  • Thyroid and neck
  • Testicular
  • Prostate
  • Muscle and joint (musculoskeletal)
  • Venous and arterial Doppler
The indications for Ultrasound are multiple:
  • Gallstones and kidney stones
  • Tumours and metastases
  • Cysts
  • Cirrhosis, steatosis
  • Pancreatitis
  • Aneurysm
  • Stenosis
  • Phlebitis
  • Abnormal nodes
  • Hernia
  • Thyroid nodules
  • Ultrasound in early pregnancy (less than 10 weeks) to confirm the viability of the fetus
  • Screening of breast, ovarian or prostate cancer
  • Muscular, tendon or joint injuries

Examination duration 15 to 30 minutes


Examinations COVERED by the RAMQ


PREPARATION

Abdominal Ultrasound

Fast six (6) hours before the examination.

Pelvic Ultrasound

Drink 25 ounces (750ml) of water or other liquids (juice tea, etc.) 1½ hours before your examination. Be careful not to urinate. You must fill your bladder.
If we have to complete the examination by a transvaginal ultrasound, we will ask you to go to the toilet to empty your bladder.

Abdominal and Pelvic Ultrasound

Do not drink or eat anything 6 hours before the examination.
In the case of a pelvic Ultrasound, one hour before the examination, drink 3 – 4 glasses of water.

Fetal Ultrasound for less than 10 weeks

Do not urinate 1 hour before the examination.

Abdominal Doppler

Fast six (6) hours before the examination.

Surface Ultrasound (thyroid, scrotum, etc.) and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

No preparation


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    For a mammography appointment you must contact us by phone at 514-697-9940 and have your doctor’s request or the government letter on hand.

    For a bone densitometry appointment you must contact us by phone at 514-697-9940 and have your doctor’s request.

    N.B.: When you call, if our agents are busy, to avoid making you wait online, we have set up an option that allows you to be called back by the 1st available agent. Press 1 and an agent will contact you as soon as he is available.

    For a mammography appointment you must contact us by phone at 450-218-6111 and have your doctor’s request or the government letter on hand.

    For a bone densitometry appointment you must contact us by phone at 450-218-6111 and have your doctor’s request.

    N.B.: When you call, if our agents are busy, to avoid making you wait online, we have set up an option that allows you to be called back by the 1st available agent. Press 1 and an agent will contact you as soon as he is available.

    For an x-ray an appointment is not required. You must simply present yourself to our clinic with your signed referral from the physician and your medicare card. Due to higher traffic, we advise you not to show up between 11 a.m and 1 p.m

    N.B.: If your referral is signed by a podiatrist or a chiropractor the exam will not be covered by RAMQ and you will have to pay for your exam.

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