Description
Instrumentation, operation, and architecture of diagnostic ultrasound systems with their transducers and accessories are studied with an effort towards establishing quality assurance and biosafety. The interaction of the diagnostic ultrasound beam with normal and abnormal tissues is the hallmark of identifying disease states. Through lectures, mathematical applications and clinical ultrasound physics concepts are applied to the successful and efficient operation of ultrasound equipment while maintaining the importance of patient health status during the examination. Through lectures, demonstrations and phantom models the recognition of artifacts specific to diagnostic ultrasound will be investigated to sort out the pathological from the normal and the artifactual. Further study of gray scale, pulsed Doppler, and color flow ultrasound will be discussed in their relevance to various clinical disease states. Prerequisite: Admission to Sonography program; Co-requisites: DMS200, DMS201, DMS