Gastroenterology

Endoscopic Ultrasonography

Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) or echo-endoscopy is a medical procedure in which endoscopy (insertion of a probe into a hollow organ) is correlate with ultrasound to obtain images of the internal organs in the chest, abdomen and colon and to analyse the walls of these organs. Combined with Doppler imaging, adjacent structures and nearby blood vessels can also be determined. EUS is also used to visualize the other accessory organs in the alimentary tract such as liver, gall bladder and pancreas.