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. 2021 Jun;47(6):1506–1513. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.02.015

Table 1.

Lecture topics for in-person ultrasound training seminar

Area Topics
General ultrasound Ultrasound physics
Transducer characteristics
Image acquisition
Echogenicity and ultrasound artifacts
Introduction to the Sonosite ultrasound system and functionality of knobs
Fetal ultrasound Fetal anatomy
Fetal number
Viability and heart rate
Pregnancy dating
Biometry
Presentation and placentation
Amniotic fluid
Fetal ultrasound cases
Lung and pleura ultrasound Lung and pleura anatomy
Normal lung ultrasound
Lung and pleura ultrasound for evaluation of pneumonia
Pneumonia lung ultrasound cases
Carotid ultrasound Epidemiology of carotid artery atherosclerosis
General blood vessel anatomy
Carotid artery anatomy and ultrasound imaging planes
Image acquisition and measurement of carotid intima media thickness
Identification and characterization of clinically significant atherosclerotic plaque
Carotid artery ultrasound cases
Brachial artery reactivity testing Physiology of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation
Characteristics of normal and abnormal flow-mediated response
Protocol and technique for use of blood pressure equipment to establish forearm ischemia
Brachial artery reactivity testing image acquisition before and after ischemia
Brachial artery reactivity testing cases
Household Air Pollution Intervention Network trial standard operating procedures Ultrasound quality control programs
Ultrasound upload for cloud storage (Trice Imaging)
Completion of Trice and REDCap data collection forms