Ultrasound examinations are usually carried out to establish a diagnosis. The advantage here is that no physical intervention or decision must be made only after evaluating the ultrasound images is whether a painful and necessary under certain circumstances, intervention is dangerous.

Pelvic ultrasound is used primarily in the area of pregnancy diagnosis. Also on fetal malformations can be detected in this way.
A cardiac examination with ultrasound is also known as echocardiography. Above all, disease, which can lead to a heart attack, are identified early and can then be removed by surgery.

Ultrasound examinations are now also an indispensable tool for early detection of cancer: the so-called abdominal ultrasonography can information about the condition of all organs within the abdominal cavity type.

Ultrasound examinations are not always free of side effects, which are naturally but not nearly as severe as those in preventive surgery.

Currently there are no technological impediments to perform an ultrasound on the patient’s home. With the advent of new and modern ultrasound machines have been small and portable models without compromising the quality so the images obtained on conventional fixed appliances.

It is important to remember that ultrasound is an operator-dependent diagnostic method par excellence, because it is done in real time and dynamically.

The clinical pictures that require the ultrasound home are many and varied but generally this application is subject to the medical indication of complete rest and / or inability to transfer or ambulation of the patient

These are some conditions that require this type of service:
- Threatened abortion
- Physical or mental disabilities,
- Immunocompromised
- Post surgical immediate
- Infectious diseases,
- Malaise, etc..

It is worth noting that today there are many social, pre-paid works that have this service, but few have for fear of widespread indiscriminate use. Yet it is interesting to note that this method not only provides a benefit for the patient who really needs but also for the health system that uses a less expensive resource than its transfer by ambulance system.