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Sonography Principles and Instrumentation

Format
Multiple choice
Time limit
two hours
Passing score
555 or better on a 300 to 700 point scale
Exam fee
$275 USD
Examination outline
  • Perform Ultrasound Examinations (23%)
    • Provide patient care (e.g., comfort, safety)
    • Apply sonographic ergonomic techniques
    • Differentiate interactions of sound and matter (e.g., echogenicity, reflection)
    • Modify exam based on gray-scale artifacts (e.g., reverberation, shadowing)
    • Apply knowledge of reflectors to modify scanning technique
    • Identify potential bioeffects
    • Apply beam steering concepts
    • Apply extended field of view function (e.g., panoramic imaging)
    • Apply 3D/4D concepts
    • Apply contrast imaging concepts
    • Manage initial patient encounter (e.g., verify ID, medical history, verify appropriateness of order)
    • Analyze clinical history and previous imaging studies
    • Demonstrate appropriate patient care and communication skills (e.g., privacy, confidentiality, safety)
    • Document preliminary findings and images (e.g., paper-based, digital)
  • Manage Ultrasound Transducers (7%)
    • Select transducers for the test
    • Adjust transducer frequency
    • Appy 2D array transducer concepts
    • Apply 3D/4D transducer concepts
    • Apply nonimaging transducer concepts
  • Optimize Sonographic Images (26%)
    • Integrate optimization of axial resolution concepts
    • Integrate optimization of lateral resolution concepts (e.g., transmit focus, multiple focal zones)
    • Integrate optimization of elevational resolution concepts
    • Integrate optimization of temporal resolution concepts
    • Utilize magnification techniques (i.e., pre- & post-processing)
    • Optimize image brightness (e.g., overall gain, TGC)
    • Apply harmonic imaging concepts
    • Apply PRF concepts (e.g., depth, penetration, frame rate)
    • Apply output power concepts
    • Apply duty factor concepts
    • Apply dynamic range concepts (e.g., compression)
    • Apply spatial compounding concepts
    • Apply knowledge related to gray scale (e.g., colorized B-mode, frequency compounding, persistence)
    • Apply edge enhancement concepts
    • Appy image depth concepts
    • Apply M-mode concepts
  • Apply Doppler Concepts (34%)
    • Apply Doppler angle to flow concepts
    • Apply Doppler wall filter concepts
    • Apply Doppler sample gate concepts
    • Apply color priority over gray scale concepts
    • Apply concepts related to color Doppler map
    • Apply concepts to eliminate aliasing
    • Apply continuous wave Doppler concepts
    • Apply pulsed wave Doppler concepts
    • Apply color Doppler concepts
    • Apply power Doppler concepts
    • Evaluate spectral Doppler waveform concepts
    • Apply tissue Doppler concepts
    • Apply general hemodynamic concepts (e.g., pressure gradient, resistance)
    • Apply Doppler artifacts concepts
    • Perform Doppler measurements (e.g., velocity)
    • Apply spectral Doppler gain concepts
    • Apply spectral Doppler scale concepts
    • Apply color Doppler gain concepts
    • Apply color Doppler scale concepts
  • Provide Clinical Safety & Quality Assurance (10%)
    • Apply universal infection control protocols
    • Document QA check on ultrasound machine
    • Assess transducer integrity
    • Verify ultrasound machine integrity
    • Perform gray scale QA testing with tissue-mimicking phantoms
    • Apply statistical parameter concepts (e.g., sensitivity, specificity)
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