Usagi, a Japanese unisex given name, used by Usagi Tsukino or Sailor Moon, the main character in Sailor Moon Usagi Chibiusa Tsukino or Chibiusa, a character in Sailor Moon
It is a fast, easy and painless evaluation that uses ultrasound waves to produce images of the heart. In North America, the test is performed by a specially trained technologist, called a sonographer, and is interpreted by a specially-trained physician, usually a cardiologist, trained in reading heart ultrasounds.
Ultrasound is used for a variety of reasons, including to: 1  View the uterus and ovaries of a pregnant woman and assess her fetus. 2  Diagnose gallbladder disease. 3  Evaluate flow in blood vessels.  Guide a needle for biopsy or tumor 1  treatment. Evaluate a breast lump.  Check a thyroid 1  gland. Diagnose some cancers.  Reveal genital and prostate abnormalities.