Rad Lab - Medical Ultrasound Physics
Laboratory course introducing acoustic property measurement and hands-on physics tests of clinical ultrasound scanners, including QA and imaging applications.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2015: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2017: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Provide a technical overview of ultrasound scanner operations, including relevant tissue properties involved in forming images, ultrasound transducer properties and types, signal processing, image frame rate limitations, and typical instrument controls.
Demonstrate basic operation of an ultrasound scanner (GE Logiq E9 or Siemens Acuson Sequoia). This will be done using basic ultrasound QA phantoms.
Describe Doppler and color flow modes and indicate technical factors needed to measure blood flow accurately.
Show how instrumentation settings affect gray scale imaging and Doppler data from selected sites, such as the human carotid artery, the heart, or the abdomen.
Show the difference between cystic and solid lesions using phantoms; demonstrate image guided interventions using phantoms.
Complete the tests (i.e., system set up and scanning) and report writing for basic quality assurance testing following American College of Radiology (ACR) guidelines.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapMED PHYS/B M E 578 or declared in Medical Physics VISP
- BME/MEDPHYS 578
- declared in Medical Physics VISP
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- BME/MEDPHYS 578
- declared in Medical Physics VISP
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2015: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2017: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
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Topics
- Ultrasound scanner operations, tissue properties, transducer characteristics, and signal processing
- Routine quality assurance tests for medical ultrasound equipment
Skills
- Basic operation of clinical ultrasound scanners including GE Logiq E9 and Siemens Acuson Sequoia using QA phantoms
- Quality assurance testing and report writing following ACR guidelines
- Description of Doppler and color flow modes and technical factors for accurate blood flow measurement
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