Abdominal Doppler Ultrasound

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This one-day seminar provides an overview of abdominal vasculature and hemodynamics, and diagnostic criteria suitable for anyone from an experienced sonographer to the beginner. Our scan lab and state of the art equipment, along with our low student instructor ratios allow you plenty of time to perfect your protocol, and acquire the scanning experience necessary to perform diagnostic abdominal vascular exams.

*This course can be taken individually as a two (2) day course OR part of the Vascular Ultrasound seven (7) day course.

Objectives
At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

• Correctly identify vessel anatomy and orientation in an abdominal vascular ultrasound examination to include renal, portal venous system, and mesenteric vessels.
• Identify the variations in instrumentation and Doppler principles and the effects in scanning parameters.
• Describe the flow characteristics and the manifestations of disease processes.
• Analyze the results of an abdominal vascular exam for pathological conditions and in certain cases, quantify the diseases.
• Identify additional resource information on abdominal vascular ultrasound.