ophthalmic ultrasound

Indications

• especially useful after eye injury when the eye is swollen & shut
• loss of vision
• suspected eye foreign body
• eye pain
• eye trauma
• head injury
• ocular neoplasm
• orbital neoplasm
• vitreous hemorrhage
• vitreous tear
• retinal detachment

More general terms

• ultrasound (US, UTZ)

More specific terms

• ophthalmic biometry; A-scan ultrasound biometry
• ophthalmic ultrasound for foreign body