Survival Guide to Sonography Principles and Instrumentation Course Curriculum

SOUND	ULTRASOUND INSTRUMENTS
Mechanical waves	Transducers
Wavelength	Components
Frequency	Contrast resolution
Period	Pre/post processing
	Recording devices
PULSED ULTRASOUND	Temporal resolution
Pulse-echo principle	Display modes
Pulse repetition frequency/period
Pulse duration	DOPPLER
Duty factor	Hemodynamics
Spatial pulse length	Doppler physical principles
	Doppler modes
SOUND BEAM	Color flow imaging
Amplitude, power, intensity	Color power mode
Attenuation
Intensity reflection coefficient	ARTIFACTS
Incidence	Recognition
Reflection/refraction	Types
Range equation	Effects of measurements
TRANSDUCERS	QUALITY ASSURANCE
Piezoelectricity	Test object/parameters
Transducer construction	Preventative maintenance
Beam focusing	Statistical indices
Types of scanning	Bioeffects and safety
Transducer formats	Acoustic output/exposure
Resolution	AIUM statements
	PATIENT CARE & SAFETY