The Sonographer as Student
Chapter 2 The Sonographer as Student Objectives Students who successfully complete this chapter will be able to do the following: • Name the three types of memory and describe how each…
Communication and Critical Thinking Skills
Chapter 3 Communication and Critical Thinking Skills Objectives Students who successfully complete this chapter will be able to do the following: • Define communication and the components necessary for communication to…
Professional Development and Leadership
Chapter 9 Professional Development and Leadership Objectives Students who successfully complete this chapter will be able to do the following: • Describe the functional skills expected of a diagnostic medical sonographer….
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sonography
Chapter 7 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sonography Objectives Students who successfully complete this chapter will be able to do the following: • Differentiate between statutory, administrative, and common law. • Define…
Neurosonography in Neonates, Infants and Children
Fig. 3.1 Trapezoid view using high-resolution linear transducer for transfontanellar brain US. Normal neonatal brain US in a coronal section through foramen of Monro (a) and sagittal section in midline…
Ultrasound of the Urogenital Tract
Fig. 10.1 Normal bladder US. (a) Schematic drawing with respective images demonstrating standard measurements for volume calculation. Correction factor varies with bladder shape. Additionally bladder wall thickness may be an…
Theory and Basics
Frequency (MHz) Resolution (mm) Depth (mm) Axial Lateral 3.5 7 2 160 5 0.6 1.2 100 7.5 0.4 0.8 50 The higher the frequency, the better the resolution; lateral resolution…
US of the Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract
Fig. 9.1 CDS for documentation. CDS demonstrates patency of pyloric canal after feeding: red coded influx of stomach content into duodenum (note colour map in left upper corner of US…
Spleen and Pancreas
(a) Graph demonstrating standard measurements plains (b) Maximal normal spleen length (mm) in neonates, correlated with body weight (kg) (c) Normal spleen volume (ml) during childhood correlated to body height…
Ultrasound of the Neck
Fig. 4.1 Schematic drawing of relevant cervical vessels with respective flow patterns on Doppler US, (a) arterial and (b) venous Rarely target more peripheral vessels (e.g. query vascular malformation, temporal…
