| If an extraintestinal amebiasis was suspected, sonography should be the method of the choice. |
| The largest tumors frequently underwent cystic degeneration, at times mimicking a pancreatic pseudocyst at sonography or CT examination. |
| Both these techniques give however significantly better performance than sonography. |
| Advances in ultrasound technology have increased the uses of sonography beyond obstetrics where it had mainly a measurement purpose. |
| In colour flow sonography, pulsed Doppler signals are used to produce the images. |
| It is significantly more accurate than transabdominal sonography, and its safety is well established. |
