#ultrasound

[jacky93sims]

Ultrasound Scan for The Sims 2

This is a 4to2 conversion from LittleMsSam, low poly. It's a painting but your sims can also use it as a "Pregnancy Test" to see if they are actually pregnant, who are the parents and the pregnancy time.

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#the sims 2 #ts2 #sims 2 cc #sims 2 download #the sims 2 cc #ts2 download #4to2 #4to2 conversion #buy mode #pregnancy #nursery #paintings #ultrasound #scan

[mindblowingscience]

A study reported in the journal acta ethologica has recorded the use of ultrasound by amphibians for the first time in South America. It also describes the first documented case of the use of ultrasound for defense against predators, in a distress call of ear-piercing intensity to many animals, but inaudible to humans. "Some potential predators of amphibians, such as bats, rodents and small primates, are able to emit and hear sounds at this frequency, which humans can't. One of our hypotheses is that the distress call is addressed to some of these, but it could also be the case that the broad frequency band is generalist in the sense that it's supposed to scare as many predators as possible," said Ubiratã Ferreira Souza, first author of the article. The study was part of his master's research at the State University of Campinas's Institute of Biology (IB-UNICAMP) in São Paulo state, Brazil.

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#Science #Animals #Biology #Ecology #Amphibians #Ultrasound #Frogs #Brazil

[heardatmedschool]

“Where is my child?”

About his favorite ultrasound machine in the ER.

#medicine #medblr #ultrasound #radiology #emergency medicine #er #pinned

[materialsscienceandengineering]

As any percussionist or fidgety pen-tapper can tell you, different materials make different noises when you hit them. Researchers at Drexel University hope this foundational acoustic phenomenon could be the key to the speedy removal of lead water lines that have been poisoning water supplies throughout the country for decades. A recent study conducted with geotechnical engineering consultant Seaflower Consulting Services, showed that it is possible to discern a buried pipe's composition by striking it and monitoring the sound waves that reach the surface. This method could guide water utility companies before they break ground to remove lead service lines. In the aftermath of the 2014 water crisis in Flint, Michigan, many utility companies have been diligently working to verify the materials of their service lines. These efforts have become increasingly urgent in the last two years due to the Biden Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Act and the Environmental Protection Agency's Lead Service Line Replacement Accelerators initiative mandating the removal of all lead pipes, serving an estimated 9.2 million American households -- putting utilities on the clock to finish the job by 2033.

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#Materials Science #Science #Acoustics #Lead #Toxicity #Clean water #Ultrasound #Drexel University

[pro-birth]

Research finds that women seeking abortion believe providers should offer them the option to view the ultrasound. But providers don’t always do so, and abortion advocacy groups (Planned Parenthood Action, NARAL, ACOG) oppose measures requiring providers to do so.

Please note I’m not referring to legislation saying women must view ultrasounds. I’m referring to legislation requiring medical personnel offer women the option to view their ultrasounds — an opportunity they can accept or decline.

#research #abortion research #ultrasound #ultrasounds #pro abort hypocrisy

[elumish]

What Medical Stuff Feels Like (Scans and Stuff)

Content warning for general medical stuff, mention of IVs.

Also strong caveat that all of this is exactly one person's experience (mine) and so 1) may not be what you experience, 2) may not match up with other descriptions you've read, and 3) is not being written by a medical professional.

Ultrasound: For an ultrasound, they take an ultrasound wand (a one-handed thing with a smooth end and a wire attaching it to a machine), stick a bunch of goo on it, and then press it to whatever they're looking at and then have the machine collect images. The goo is usually cold, and they will usually apologize for it.

All of my experiences with this have been below the neck and above the pelvis. Depending on where they're pressing, it can hurt quite a bit--imagine having someone press something hard into your breast tissue or your ribs. How much it hurts definitely depends on what they're pressing on--things like the sternum and ribs hurt a lot more than places with a lot of fatty tissue.

You may or may not be shirtless for this--it depends on what they're looking for. For breast tissue or things in that range, you're generally in a patient shirt that you have either open over one breast or over both, and the other will sometimes be covered with a towel. For the rest of the abdomen, I've done it with my shirt pulled up and my pants down low enough for them to get to everything.

Once you're done, you wipe the goo off, but it also doesn't stain clothing (at least from my experience) and it doesn't irritate my skin. it just feels kind of weird.

I had to fast before an abdminal ultrasound but not a breast ultrasound, so it really depends.

My extremely hot take is that getting an abdominal ultrasound is my least favorite form of scan.

Echocardiogram: This is basically an ultrasound of your heart. That means the focus is on your left breast area, and if you have a lot of breast tissue, it means the tech is going to be awkwardly maneuvering it around/pressing on it pretty hard to get to the heart. I've had these twice--once, the tech was with a couple of doctors (or other techs? it's been like 8 years since then) and they were all making comments that I didn't understand about various parts of my heart. The second time, it was just the tech, and we occasionally made awkward small talk while he mashed an ultrasound wand into my breast.

Both of my echocardiogram techs have been men, and I will say that this is basically the least sexual experience you can have with a man while shirtless having them touch your breast. I think basically everywhere in the US you should be able to have an advocate in there with you, but I've never personally felt uncomfortable re: the shirtless in front of a male tech situation.

3D ultrasound: I once described a 3D ultrasound as if a dentist lamp was also a scanner and hated you. At least from the ones that I've experienced, they're essentially this weird giant thing that looks a lot like a dentist light on one of those moveable arms, and they cover everything with goo and then squish it against what they're taking scans of and then take the scans. It's less targeted than handheld ultrasounds but can get larger areas. I think there are also live 3D ultrasounds for things like pregnancy but I've never had that.

MRI: My favorite of the scans (unironically). For an MRI, you basically lie on a slab in a giant tube that makes horrible clanking noises for 45 minutes to an hour. Because they work using magnets, you can't have metal in or on you, so you have to take off all jewelry, earrings, etc. and then they ask a gazillion questions beforehand to make sure that there's nothing the magnets will disrupt (e.g., pacemaker) or will pull on (e.g., magnetic eyelashes). Twice, they had me change at least partially out of my street clothes; the last time I did it in my street clothes minus my bra, which felt vaguely illegal.

It's decently cold, so they generally offer a warmed blanket. At least for MRIs of the abdomen, there is a heavy thing that gets draped over your abdomen to basically make it pick up the images there (I don't really know how that works). To me, it feels kind of like a weighted blanket.

All of my MRIs have been since COVID started, though the first one was pre-masking; I wore a KN-95 in the MRI for my last one and had no issues re: the magnet.

Once you go in the tube, you basically just have to lie still for as long as the MRI goes. They will ask you if you are claustrophobic beforehand. It doesn't set of my claustrophia, but I imagine it happens a lot. They stick a ball in your hand for you to squeeze as basically an emergency stop/to notify them that you need out before it's done. They're also really bright, and at least from my experience, sometimes the paint is peeling a little. That doesn't matter, other than as something to stare at.

There are also headphones so they can give you instructions. For two of the three MRIs, they also played music (I listed to Taylor Swift for the last one). The headphones are kind of noise canceling, but nothing can block out the clanking, of which there is a lot, of various types, very loudly. The instructions will vary; one of the things they have you do for abdominal MRIs is hold your breath out, which feels very weird and is actually surprisingly hard--basically instead of inhaling and holding your breath, you exhale and then don't breathe back in until they tell you to. I can never hold it for as long as they say to, but it's never been an issue (at least as far as they've told me).

For some MRIs, they use contrast. Generally (maybe always?) they say that it's "with and without contrast" which means that they do the majority of it without contrast, and then they put the contrast in and take some more images. To get contrast, you need an IV, which they put in before you get in the machine. They attach the IV to a coil-y tube, which extends when you get moved into the machine. They generally hook it around your hand so it stays in place/doesn't pull against the IV site.

Contrast feels very weird. Someone mentioned this in one of the reblogs for the stabby stuff post, but basically it gets processed by your body really quickly so it goes to your bladder really quickly and also feels warm so it sort of feels like you've wet yourself. They warn you before they put it in.

Unironically, I find MRIs kind of relaxing, because you just lie still for like an hour under a weighted blanket. 4/10 would pick over the other options.

I have had a CT scan done but don't really remember it so would love someone to weigh in on those.

#medical #mri #ultrasound #echocardiogram #needles

[hpb14]

Very Irregular Heartbeat At Rest - Ultrasound

I have no clue as to what has been going on lately. My heart has been kinda bonkers since the last file. Some days are fine, not a single stumble. Others, it is much like this video all day long. Kinda hastily made as my capture device was not cooperating with me today. Lots of audio interference and hiss. Hopefully it sounds fine regardless.

#grillfiles #dark cardiophilia #cardiophilia #female heartbeat #trans heartbeat #fast heartbeat #irregular heartbeat #cardiophile #ultrasound #Youtube

[classycookiexo]

#ultrasound #honestly #lmao

[staycalmandhugaclone]

Why have I been super busy and distracted lately? Because of this tiny little potato! I had some... issues with my insurance provider messing up scheduling, so I've been scrambling for the last two weeks to find another place to have my initial ultrasound done, but I was finally successful! I know I said I wouldn't bog my blog down with baby shit, and I won't, but this is my first one, and I can't share on my regular social media yet, so I'm tossing it onto here because I need to share it somewhere lol.

With my adoptive sister dealing with a family death, and my step sis dealing with the nightmare that is her father (my ex-step-father), finally getting confirmation that, so far, things are all looking good with this little one is such a huge weight off my shoulders.

Admittedly, I've also been binging the Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobooks (so, so funny and genuinely addictive story-line), but now that I'm not so distracted with the what-if's, I'm hoping to really get back into writing. I'm so grateful for all the support and well-wishes I've received on here! Love you all!!

(Btw, if it's a girl, we're naming her Aria (as in the music reference, not GoT), but we're still toying with potential boy names that also follow the musical genre - hint hint, wink wink)

#staycalm talks #tw tokophobia #talk of pregnancy #ultrasound

[theriu]

BABY!

#thats so cute #and cool #pregnancy #babies #ultrasound #I got this from another post but that one had a lot of negative language #and I just wanna focus on BABY!

[mindblowingscience]

New research suggests that ultrasound may have potential in treating a group of harmful chemicals known as PFAS to eliminate them from contaminated groundwater. Invented nearly a century ago, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, also known as "forever chemicals," were once widely used to create products such as cookware, waterproof clothing and personal care items. Today, scientists understand that exposure to PFAS can cause a number of human health issues such as birth defects and cancer. But because the bonds inside these chemicals don't break down easily, they're notoriously difficult to remove from the environment. Such difficulties have led researchers at The Ohio State University to study how ultrasonic degradation, a process that uses sound to degrade substances by cleaving apart the molecules that make them up, might work against different types and concentrations of these chemicals.

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#Ultrasound #Chemistry #forever chemicals #tech #technology #stem

[how-much-for-a-whump]

Notruf Hafenkante S12E16

#german #german series #whump #male whump #beaten #blood #bloody face #pain #limping #coughing up blood #weak #passing out #intubated #hospital #bruised #ultrasound #internal bleeding #hospital bed #comfort #cared for #black eye #Notruf Hafenkante

[deadsportyguys]

A handsome Asian athlete is having an ultrasound heart scan at a sports medical clinic.

#ecg test #ecg #ekg #ekg test #pecs #leantonedbody #cute boys #athlete #cardiac arrest #male heartbeat #heartbeat #lean muscle #ultrasound #heart exam #cardiac arrhythmia #asian men #hot asian men #hot asian guy #muscle

[malecardiolove]

Tom's new ecochardiogram

Tom's new echocardiogram. Tom returns to the doctor for a new checkup after suffering a heart attack three months earlier. Doctor Luke immediately asks him to take off his shirt and shoes to lie down on the stretcher. Tom watches in ecstasy as his heart contracts and expels blood through the four chambers of his heart muscle.

"You like to see my heart, don't you?" Tom asks Doctor Luke.

"That little engine inside his chest is very interesting, it is big, dynamic and apparently quite resistant"

"Resistant?"

"Yes, despite having suffered such an episode, he recovered completely, there is no damage to any of the valves or chambers, the blood is flowing correctly. And well, the size, it is impressive, it reminds me of the heart of a friend of mine , he plays sports and his heart has reached an incredible size"

"What if it fits on your friend's chest?" Tom asks, smiling.

"Of course, he is well adapted to the sport, and has reached his limits"

"How about mine?"

Doctor Luke offers the transducer for Tom to slide across his own chest, delighting in the image of a racing heart as Doctor Luke strokes Tom's chest, moistened by the conductive gel.

"We can experiment on your heart one day, if you like."

#male heart #male cardiophilia #gay heartbeat #beating heart #ultrasound #echocardiogram

[mugenfinder]

EGM (Electronic Gaming Monthly) #109, Aug. 1998

"DUE THIS FALL."

ALIEN Resurrection The Game

#Alien Movie #xenomorph #alien resurrection #retro game mags #game magazines #retro ads #2000s magazine #EGM #Electronic Gaming Monthly #body horror #ultrasound

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Glassy shell of microscopic algae inspires tiny ultrasound detectors for medical imaging

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Skoltech has discovered the resonance frequencies of diatom frustules. These intricately structured silicon dioxide shells of single-celled microalgae provide a promising model for nature-inspired electronic and optical devices, such as tiny ultrasound detectors for advanced medical imaging and components for ultrafast signal processing in microchips of the future. However, it will take a better understanding of diatom frustule properties for these exciting applications to happen, and the recent study in Applied Physics Letters is an important step in that direction. Accounting for about one-fifth of the Earth's oxygen supply and a quarter of the planet's biomass, diatom algae are a principal component of plankton and a ubiquitous life form found in the oceans, waterways, and soils of the world.

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#Materials Science #Science #Glass #Biomaterials #Biomimicry #Ultrasound #Medical technology #Diatoms #Skoltech