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Pregnancy ultrasound - Lake Imaging Make a Booking Upload a ReferralWell-nighUsOur HistoryOur Mission and ValuesOur CommunityOur RadiologistsOur PeopleOur NewsOur TechnologyOur Privacy PolicyFor PatientsOur LocationsOur ServicesRequest an appointmentBilling InformationFAQsFeedbackPrivacy PolicyTerms & ConditionsFor ReferrersDigital Image and Report AccessEducation & EventsRequest Referral FormsBilling InformationView All ServicesResourcesFeedbackLocationsGeelong Breast ClinicGeelong - St John of God HospitalGeelong - East CourtGrovedaleBelmontCorioOcean GroveBallarat - WendoureeBallarat - St John of GodBallarat - Ballarat MRIBallarat - Mair StDaylesfordMelton - Unitt StMelton - WestcareMelton HealthNorth MelbourneSunburyBacchus MarshCaroline Springs - Western HighwayCaroline Springs - CentralGisborneKynetonWarrnambool - Western District RadiologyPort Fairy - Moyne Health ServicesGeelong Medical Imaging - HightonGeelong Medical Imaging - NewtownCareersWorking at Lake ImagingCurrent VacanciesOverseas RequirementsContact / FeedbackEnquiry / Feedback - PatientEnquiry / Feedback - ReferrerMake a BookingUpload a Referral Home For Referrers View All Services Ultrasound Pregnancy ultrasound Pregnancy ultrasound Ultrasound is a painless viewing to assess fetal growth, position and anatomy, and placental site, as well as the maternal uterus and ovaries. Medicare provides a rebate for ultrasound during the first and second trimester, and when there is a clinical concern. An accredited sonographer will self-mastery the ultrasound and produce the weightier possible images. One of our radiologists will review these images and a report and images will be sent to the doctor who requested the ultrasound. At Lake Imaging, our sonographers superintendency well-nigh your patient and their baby. Capturing the full detail of the moving victual on ultrasound is heady for patients and their family, but moreover technically taxing for the sonographer. Patients should not be alarmed if a sonographer re-examines a part of the victual or asks the radiologist to be in ubiety during the ultrasound. This simply helps improves the verism of the results. Ultrasound can snift many, but not all, abnormalities. Demonstrating a fetal wandering on ultrasound depends on many factors, including fetal age and fetal position at the time of the ultrasound, and the size and type of abnormality. Image clarity depends on the resolution of the equipment and how well the ultrasound can pass through the maternal rectal wall. For example, image clarity is reduced when the mother’s rectal is thickened due to obesity or scarred. At Lake Imaging we employ experienced, qualified sonographers accredited with the Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry, and invest in the latest equipment to ensure patients receive the very weightier patient care. Our staff use ultrasound with superintendency to ensure that patients goody from what ultrasound offers, with minimum risk.   Are there any risks? Since the 1980s, ultrasound has been extensively used throughout Australia and the world for medical imaging. The images are created when tissues at variegated depths reflect the ultrasound waves transmitted into the body, similar to radar used by boats and ships. At the intensities used for diagnostic medical purposes, no soft tissue forfeiture has overly been observed in human or mammalian tissue. The sonographer will set the equipment to the lowest intensity necessary to unzip upper quality images.   After ultrasound A radiologist will interpret the ultrasound images and provide the referring doctor with a comprehensive report. The patient will be well-considered to return to the referring doctor to discuss the results. If you are a registered a referrer you can wangle your patient’s utrasound images and report through our secure online tabulated system, or view the films we provide. For increasingly information well-nigh registering to wangle patient images visit the RequestWangleto online images section.   First trimester ultrasound During the first trimester, a doctor might request an ultrasound to determine the gestational age, if the patient doesn’t know her LMP. If the patient has had symptoms such as gory or pain during the first trimester, an ultrasound can determine whether the pregnancy is within the uterus in the correct position, or whether she might have miscarried. Medicare will provide a rebate for one or increasingly scans during this period if unrepealable clinical criteria are met. Click here for remoter information well-nigh a First Trimester Screen (FTS) or nuchal translucency scan.   Second trimester ultrasound During the second trimester, a morphology scan (18-22 weeks) is used to trammels fetal growth, numerous important organs such as the spine, heart, smart-ass and kidneys, placental site, and amniotic fluid volume. During the morphology scan, the sonographer will trammels for signs of a possible genetic problem. All Australian women are encouraged to have a morphology scan, and Medicare will provide a rebate for one or increasingly scans during this period depending on the clinical situation and whether an obstetrician or GP refers the patient.   Third trimester ultrasound During the third trimester, an ultrasound can trammels the fetal position, placental visitation and site, how much fluid is virtually the baby, fetal well-being and the baby’s growth compared with previous scans and the expected stage of delivery. 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