Table 3.

Analysis of practice study types, including volume and duration.

Metrics of ultrasound study types
Study name	Number performed	Time spent	Time/exam	Images per exam	Time per image	Percentages of all time spent	Cumulative percentage
US soft tissue head and neck	1280	509:25:35	00:23:52	50	00:00:25	7.75	7.75
US abdomen complete	1053	463:53:24	00:26:25	56	00:00:25	7.06	14.81
US pelvis with transvaginal	939	389:23:30	00:24:52	57	00:00:23	5.93	20.74
US carotid arteries complete	797	386:24:17	00:29:05	53	00:00:29	5.88	26.62
US retro limited with Doppler limited	624	383:55:03	00:36:54	50	00:00:39	5.84	32.47
US lower extremity veins complete	763	344:16:34	00:27:04	44	00:00:32	5.24	37.71
US lower extremity veins limited	839	291:22:52	00:20:50	27	00:00:40	4.44	42.14
US retroperitoneal complete	771	278:18:11	00:21:39	42	00:00:26	4.24	46.38
US abdomen limited	795	254:28:36	00:19:12	23	00:00:39	3.87	50.25
US paracentesis	308	229:38:15	00:44:44	13	00:03:16	3.50	53.75
US extremity veins complete	187	181:48:28	00:58:20	56	00:00:57	2.77	56.51
US biopsy renal	262	168:30:07	00:38:35	11	00:03:05	2.56	59.08
US abdomen complete with Doppler complete	251	166:17:32	00:39:45	70	00:00:31	2.53	61.61
US extremity nonvascular complete	219	139:51:31	00:38:19	33	00:01:04	2.13	63.74
US abdomen complete with Doppler limited	213	136:33:59	00:38:28	69	00:00:30	2.08	65.82
US aorta-IVC Doppler complete	237	127:24:19	00:32:15	36	00:00:48	1.94	67.76
US lower extremity arteries—graft limited	279	125:06:29	00:26:54	31	00:00:43	1.90	69.66
US CT-assisted guidance	80	115:04:35	01:26:18	10	00:06:36	1.75	71.41
US extremity nonvascular limited	220	109:44:11	00:29:55	20	00:01:10	1.67	73.08
US biopsy liver	132	105:10:18	00:47:48	15	00:03:02	1.60	74.68
US FNA superficial tissue	163	93:36:34	00:34:27	12	00:02:39	1.42	76.11
US upper extremity veins limited	245	86:30:52	00:21:11	27	00:00:41	1.32	77.42
US hemodialysis access	109	81:16:42	00:44:44	45	00:00:53	1.24	78.66
US extremity veins	117	72:38:10	00:37:14	34	00:00:54	1.11	79.77