Principles of Vascular Sonography
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Course Overview
Course Content
Credits
* AMA PRA Category 1™ credits are used by physicians and other groups like PAs and certain nurses. Category 1 credits are accepted by the ACCME, ARDMS, CCI, and Sonography Canada.
Course Details
- Duration
- 1.00 hour
- Released
- Nov 5, 2012
- Last Review
- Dec 9, 2024
- Expires
- Dec 8, 2027
Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant will:
Describe the primary components of sonographic imaging: ultrasound, transducers and instruments.
Explain how the Doppler Effect is applied in sonography
Describe anatomic imaging formats and Doppler presentation forms.
Target Audience
Physicians, sonographers, and others who perform and/or interpret vascular ultrasound.
Faculty & Disclosure
Faculty
Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD
Professor and Director
Program for Medical Ultrasound
Center for Applied Learning Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
Disclosure
In compliance with the Essentials and Standards of the ACCME, the author of this CME tutorial Is required to disclose any significant financial of other relationships they may have with commercial interests. Dr. Frederick Kremkau discloses no such relationships exist. No one at IAME who had control over the planning and content of this activity has relationships with commercial interests.
Accreditation
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Sonographers: These credits are accepted by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), Sonography Canada, Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), and most other organizations.
