Harry Cotler, D.P.M.

Affiliated Foot & Ankle Care
35670 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 102
Soldotna, AK  99669
(907) 260-3668 (Foot)
footdoc@alaska.net

DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND

Diagnostic ultrasound of the foot and ankle is a real-time imaging modality that has been incorporated into many podiatric medical practices.       

The scanner generates specific frequency ultrasound waves, which are pulsed and transmitted through a probe at specific timed intervals into the body.  The echoes are then captured by the probe, translated into images by the scanner.  This process is called Pulse-Echo imaging. 

Common podiatric uses for diagnostic ultrasound includes its application for diagnosing intermetatarsal neuromas, tendon pathology including tears and ruptures, plantar fibromas, cysts, bursitis, ligament pathology including sprains and tears, plantar fascia pathology including tears.  Foreign bodies including metallic and nonmetallic, muscle trauma, joint capsulitis, various tendons including the Achilles, anterior and posterior tibial, extensor hallucis longus, and peroneals, stress fractures, arthritis, and many more conditions too numerous to mention.