SON4025

Sonographic vascular and postoperative imaging

(MED)

6 points + Second semester + Clayton + off campus distributed learning + 12 hours per week + Prerequisite:Successful completion of SON4000 Physics of Medical Ultrasound and Instrumentation, SON4010 Embryology, Anatomy and Pathophysiology and SON4020 Sonographic Professional Skills and Sonography of the Breast and Thyroid + Co-requisite:Satisfactory evidence of the equivalent of 3 days a week spent performing clinical ultrasound examinations. Single subject enrolments are at the discretion of course coordinator and subject to availability.

Synopsis: Sonographic scanning methods, techniques and protocols related to selected examinations of the cardiovascular system. Gross anatomical structure and function and relevant pathophysiological disorders associated with the cardiovascular and immune systems. Interpretational skills in respect to artefacts and the sonographic appearances of the examinations addressed will be gained. The process of organ rejection and the role of ultrasound in the postoperative evaluation of liver and renal transplants. Quality assurance, sonographic measurement techniques, the utilisation of specific duplex modalities and the use of stents and grafts in vascular surgery.

Assessment: Compulsory attainment of a requisite number of relevant sonographic examinations + Four clinical case studies: 30% + One written examination (3 hours): 50% + image recognition examination 20%