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Do you do Level 5 sonography?

Society can be analyzed in different ways. One of the ways to do that is to see how technology has affected the ways of living.

Levels

In an Editorial written in 1989, Dr. Roy A. Filly told about Level 5 Ultrasound. (1) He wrote about a call from a clinician asking whether he performed Level 4 Ultrasound. He had never heard of Level 4 sonography, but the request itself struck an unusual chord within him. He recognized this request itself as part of a growing problem in obstetric sonography. Uncharacteristically for him, he shot back

“I only perform Level 5 sonography”.

Rather than chastise him for this cavalier statement, the clinician thanked him and the patient dutifully reported the next day with a request for a Level 5 Sonogram.

In some IRADIX interacts –readers have said that the problem of regulation of Imaging equipment is unique to India where norms are not followed. This is not true.

The Editorial clearly talks about this issue in an advanced country and goes on to state