Ultrasonography - Diverticular disease can be diagnosed Part 6

This test is equally as accurate and non-invasive as a CT scan in diagnosing acute colonic diverticulitis if the operator of the machinery is well trained and reliable. Ultrasonography involves the use of a skin probe that emits sound waves. Like an ultrasounds, these sound waves produce echoes which form a picture of organs and tissues inside the body on an ultrasound machine.