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Medical and industrial applications of ultrasound |
| Answer» Applications of ultrasound:\tUltrasound is used in industry for detecting flaws in metal blocks without damaging them.\tUltrasound is used in industry to clean ‘hard to reach’ parts of objects such as spiral tubes, odd-shaped machines and electronic components, etc.\tIt is used to investigate the internal organs of the human body such as liver, gall bladder, pancreas, kidneys, etc.\tUltrasound scans are used to monitor the development of foetus inside the mother’s uterus.\tIt is used to break kidney stones into fine grains which then get flushed out with urine.\tIt is used in ‘sonar’ apparatus to measure the depth of sea and to locate the under-sea objects like hidden ice bergs in the sea. | |