Clinical Education 2

Students are scheduled for clinical practicum at participating clinical education centers. Clinical experience rotations for Practicum II include ultrasound imaging of the abdomen, pelvis, gravid uterus, superficial structures, and vascular system. During this course students will be assigned competencies and objectives to complete.

Vascular Sonography 2

Hemodynamics and cerebrovascular anatomy, normal and abnormal will be discussed. Students will become familiar with the clinical symptoms and specific ultrasound protocols for normal and abnormal cases associated with cerebrovascular disease.


Obstetric and Gynecologic Sonography 2

This course discusses the embryology, anatomy, physiology, and sonographic appearance/technique of the first trimester to include complications of a first trimester pregnancy. The concepts of prudent use when utilizing ultrasound for the care of a pregnant woman is discussed. Ultrasound’s role in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters is explained. The anatomy and physiology of fetal structures is explained, as well as biometry. The anatomy and physiology of the essential extra-fetal structures: placenta, umbilical cord, maternal cervix, and amniotic fluid are discussed. Students will learn the normal sonographic appearance of these structures as well the abnormal presentations and complications. Lectures are correlated with lab activities.


Abdominal Sonography 2

Anatomy, physiology, pathology, pathophysiology and the sonographic appearance of the normal and abnormal kidneys, adrenal glands, spleen, retroperitoneum, and gastrointestinal system will be discussed. It brings together the use of the patient’s clinical and laboratory data along with the ultrasound exam to aid in the patient’s diagnosis.


Sonographic Principles and Instrumentation

The purpose of this course is to enable students to become familiar with the physical principles governing the of medical ultrasound equipment. Emphases will be on diagnostic imaging systems, but students also will become acquainted with therapeutic devices, including shock wave as well as thermal delivery systems. Basic principles of acoustic transmission and reflection in tissues are covered at an elementary level. Design and performance of transducers, pulse-echo imaging

equipment, Doppler and color flow equipment and physical therapy systems are emphasized. The physics leading to image artifacts is described, as are methods for evaluating performance of ultrasound devices. Finally, acoustical exposure measurements and levels from diagnostic equipment are discussed, as well as biological effects and risk.