Course Description
10-526-207 ABDOMINAL SONOGRAPHY ...prepares learners to perform ultrasounds of the abdominal organs including liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, pancreas, spleen, urinary tract, aorta and retroperitoneum. Practice scan sessions included. (Prerequisites: Accepted into the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program; 10-526-210, Cross Sectional Anatomy; 10-526-222, Sonography Physics 2)
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What will I learn?
- Prepare patient for an abdominal ultrasound examination
- Use sonographic equipment to obtain high quality, diagnostic images
- Differentiate between normal and pathologic conditions of the abdominal cavity
- Perform an ultrasound of the great vessels
- Perform an ultrasound of the liver
- Perform an ultrasound of the gallbladder and biliary tree
- Perform an ultrasound of the pancreas
- Perform an ultrasound of the kidneys and urinary bladder
- Perform an ultrasound of the spleen
- Perform an ultrasound of the complete abdomen
- Explore invasive procedures related to abdominal ultrasound
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