Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS)

Presents brief history of sonography profession, code of ethics, scope of practice, and technical standards. Lecture 1 hour per week.

Presents the fundamentals of adult echocardiography; including basic ultrasound scanning techniques of the heart. Students focus on anatomy, pathophysiology, and echocardiographic pattern recognition with real-time 2-D, 3-D and 4-D imaging, Doppler, and M-mode echocardiography. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.

Presents the fundamentals of vascular technology including basic ultrasound scanning techniques of the peripheral vascular and abdominal vascular systems. Students focus on anatomy, physiology, pathology, and vascular recognition with real-time 2-D and Doppler imaging. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.

Develops the students' ultrasonic skills in a diagnostic environment; may include on-campus labs, private office settings, as well as hospital rotations. May include experiences in abdominal, pelvic, obstetrical, and small parts scanning, as well as echocardiography and vascular sonography. Laboratory 10 hours per week.

Develops the students' ultrasonic skills in a diagnostic environment; may include on-campus labs, private office settings, as well as hospital rotations. May include experiences in abdominal, pelvic, obstetrical, and small parts scanning, as well as echocardiography and vascular sonography. Laboratory 15 hours per week.

Discusses the principles of abdominal, pelvic, and small parts sonography through the exploration of related anatomy, sonographic appearances, and common pathologies. Lecture 2 hours per week. Lab 2 hours per week. Lecture 2 hours. Lecture 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.

Introduces the diagnostic foundations of diagnostic medical sonography, including terminology, scan plane orientations, anatomical relationships, departmental administrative operations, hospital organization and basic patient care principles. Lecture 3 hours per week.

Teaches normal sectional anatomy in the transverse, longitudinal and coronal planes, with correlated sonographic images. Emphasis will be placed on abdominopelvic organs and vasculature. Lecture 2 hours per week.

Discusses and solves mathematical problems associated with human tissue, basic instrumentation and scanning technology. Focuses on the use of pulse-echo principles as applied to diagnostic sonography. Presents the physics of sound-tissue interactions and explores ultrasound instrumentation controls and functions. Lecture 2 hours per week.

Focuses on the areas of ultrasonic, instrumentation, image artifacts, biologic effects, quality control as well as Doppler principles and applications and basic types of equipment through lecture and laboratory exercises. Lecture 2 hours per week.

Examines the clinical applications within the specialty of abdominal sonography including interpretation of normal and abnormal sonographic patters, pathology, related clinical signs and symptoms, normal variants and clinical laboratory tests. Includes laboratory sessions on basic scanning techniques and protocols. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.

Corequisite is DMS 211. Presents the clinical applications within the sonographic specialties of obstetrics and gynecology. Includes topics of discussion on normal and abnormal sonographic patters, related clinical symptoms and associated laboratory tests. Includes laboratory sessions on basic scanning techniques. Lecture 3hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.

Provides experience with sectional anatomy. Laboratory 2 hours per week.

Presents practice with basic instrumentation, mathematical calculations, basic properties of acoustical physics. Laboratory 2 hours per week

Presents advanced practice with instrumentation, hemodynamics, Doppler instrumentation and pulse echo technology. Laboratory 2 hours per week.

Reviews material covered throughout the Sonography program to prepare the student for the ultrasound registry examination. Lecture 2 hours per week.

Discusses the principles of vascular ultrasound, the related anatomy and more common pathologies detected as well as the physiology and hemodynamics detected and evaluated with ultrasound. Provides hands-on practice through vascular scanning in a laboratory setting. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.

Develops the students' ultrasonic skills in a diagnostic environment; may include on-campus labs, private office settings, as well as hospital rotations. May include experiences in abdominal, pelvic, obstetrical, and small parts scanning, as well as echocardiography and vascular sonography. Laboratory 15 hours per week.

Develops the students' ultrasonic skills in a diagnostic environment; may include on-campus labs, private office settings, as well as hospital rotations. May include experiences in abdominal, pelvic, obstetrical, and small parts scanning, as well as echocardiography and vascular sonography. Laboratory 20 hours per week.

Presents advanced study of abdominal sonography with concentration on case study reviews of normal anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology, including abnormal etiology and diagnostic techniques. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.

Prerequisite is DMS 212. Presents advanced study of obstetrics/gynecology with concentration on case study reviews of normal anatomy, physiology, and fetal development, including abnormal etiology and diagnostic techniques. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.

Presents advanced study of echocardiograhy with concentration on case study reviews of normal anatomy, physiology, and pathologic conditions of the adult heart. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.

Presents students with registry examination preparation, test-taking strategies and skills that will facilitate the graduates' entry into the career of sonography. Lecture 2 hours per week.

Presents weekly echocardiography case studies by faculty and students for interpretation and pattern recognition. Lecture 1 hour. Total 1 hour per week.

Presents the fundamentals of vascular technology including basic ultrasound scanning techniques of the cerebrovascular system. Students focus on anatomy, physiology, pathology, and vascular recognition with real-time 2-D and Doppler imaging. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.

Presents weekly vascular case studies by faculty and students for interpretation and pattern recognition. Lecture 1 hour per week.

Presents students with registry examination preparation, test-taking strategies and skills that will facilitate the graduates' entry into the career of sonography. Lecture 2 hours per week.