What is meant by sonography technician? Sonography, also called Ultrasonographer, Ultrasound technologist, Diagnostic Medical Sonographer is a diagnostic medical process that uses ultrasound to generate an image of organs, tissues and other diagnosis of various medical conditions. This profession has grown significantly over the past 20 years due to the developing new technologies and increased use of diagnostic ultrasound procedures. There are several areas of specialization in the field of sonography.
Sonography tech may specialize in obstetric and gynecologic sonography, abdominal sonography, neurosonography or opthalmologic sonography. If you are enjoy using high-tech instrumentation to create and interpret images from inside the human body that are used by physicians to make a medical diagnosis, become a Sonograper is a correct decision. You can receive diagnostic medical sonography training in hospitals, sonography schools, community colleges, universities and the armed forces. Some training programs will consider high school students with a background in math and science.
