SON 291B - Cardiac Registry Review

1. Describe the propagation of ultrasound through tissue including attenuation, reflection, diffraction, refraction, scattering and absorption.
2. Discuss the various types of transducers including transducer construction, properties, advantages and disadvantages.
3. Describe the different ultrasound modes and discuss the equipment and settings related to each.
4. Discuss computers used in ultrasound machines and image recording devices.
5. Discuss ultrasound safety and possible biological effects.
6. Describe an effective QA/QC program for an ultrasound lab and discuss its importance.
7. Describe ultrasound artifacts and discuss ways to reduce or eliminate them.
8. Pass a 200 question comprehensive ultrasound physics mock registry review exam with a minimum score of 75%.
9. Discuss normal and abnormal ultrasound images of the vascular system; disease processes, lab values, differential diagnosis and prognosis.
10. Pass a 200 question mock vascular ultrasound registry exam.
11. Identify normal and abnormal ultrasound images of the adult heart.
12. Discuss disease processes involving the adult heart; lab values, differential diagnosis, and prognosis.
13. Identify normal and abnormal ultrasound images of the pediatric heart.
14. Discuss disease processes involving the pediatric heart; lab values, differential diagnosis, and prognosis.
15. Pass a 200 question mock cardiac ultrasound registry exam.