Ultrasound Certificate Program

Basic Abdominal Course Requirements

• Instructor
  • ACVR diplomat
  • other expert as evidenced by both:
    • publication record
    • acknowledged teaching and technical expertise
• Didactic Content
  • Principles of Ultrasound
    • Beam formation
    • Resolution
    • Interaction with tissues
    • Transducer types
  • Artifacts
    • Types
    • Principles of formation
    • Means of avoidance
    • Clinical diagnostic value
  • Scanning nomenclature
    • Nomenclature of transducer movements
    • Scan planes
    • Patient scanning methodology
  • Organ Systems
    • Liver & Gall Bladder
    • Spleen
    • Kidneys & Urinary Bladder
    • Genital Tract
      • Female tract: ovaries, uterus
      • Male tract: prostate, testicles
    • Topics for each organ system
      • Location
      • How to image
      • Normal appearance
      • Appearance of disease
      • Case discussion
  • Biopsy
    • Basic principles
    • Indications & contraindications
• Laboratory Content (times provided are minimum per person)
  • General scanning technique (15 minutes)
    • Nomenclature of transducer movements
    • Scan planes
  • Organ Systems
    • Liver & Gall Bladder (30 minutes)
      • How to image
      • Normal appearance
    • Kidneys & Urinary Bladder (30 minutes)
      • How to image
      • Normal appearance