Ultrasound Imaging

Principles and indications for ultrasound scanning.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

Radiology

Clinical Guidelines

NICE guideline [DG5]: SonoVue for contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging of the liver

Ultrasound scan (USS) referral guidelines

2022 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Disease

2023 European Thyroid Association Clinical Practice Guidelines for Ultrasound Malignancy Risk Stratification of Thyroid Nodules in Adults

ACR–ACOG–AIUM–SMFM–SRU Practice Parameter for the Performance of Detailed Second- and Third-Trimester Diagnostic Obstetric Ultrasound Examination

AIUM–ACR–ACOG–SMFM–SRU Practice Parameter for the Performance of Fetal Echocardiography

Best Practices for Point of Care Ultrasound: An Interdisciplinary Consensus Statement

Emergency, Point-of-care, and Clinical Ultrasound Guidelines in Medicine (ACEP Policy Statement)

ESGO/ISUOG/IOTA/ESGE Consensus Statement on preoperative diagnosis of ovarian tumors

Guidelines for Cleaning and Preparing External- and Internal-Use Ultrasound Transducers and Equipment Between Patients as Well as Safe Handling and Use of Ultrasound Coupling Gel (AIUM Official Statement)

Guidelines for Diagnostic Imaging During Pregnancy and Lactation (ACOG Committee Opinion)

ISUOG Practice Guidelines (updated): fetal cardiac screening and diagnosis

O-RADS US Risk Stratification and Management System: A Consensus Guideline from the ACR Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System Committee

Obstetrical Ultrasound Imaging Guidelines - V1.0.2024

Recommended musculoskeletal and sports ultrasound terminology: A multidisciplinary expert consensus

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series #57: Evaluation and Management of Polyhydramnios

The AFSUMB Consensus Statements and Recommendations for the Clinical Practice of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in the Liver

Update to the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Liver Imaging Consensus Statement