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1
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(blank) is compared to
surrounding tissues

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Echogenicity

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2
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Homogenous echo texture with ranges in echogenicity

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Organ parenchyma

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3
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Homogenous, hypoechoic

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Muscle

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4
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Homogenous, hypoechoic, and
hyperechoic borders

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Tissue

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5
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Homogenous, hyperechoic

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Placenta

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6
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Anechoic lumen, hyperechoic walls

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Fluid Filled Structures

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7
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Fluid filled structures examples

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Amniotic Sac
Blood vessels
Brain Ventricles
Ducts
Gallbladder
Ovarian Follicles
Renal Calyces
Umbilical Cord
Urinary Bladder

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8
Q

GI Tract
• Fluid
• Gas
• Food, gas, fluid, feces

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Anechoic
Hyperechoic
Complex

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9
Q

Air
Bones
Diaphragm
Fat
Fissures
Ligaments

A

Echogenic/ Hyperechoic
(white)

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10
Q

Professional and Clinical
Standards

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• Courtesy, Respect
• Dress appropriately
• Explain, Instruct, Assist
• Identify, Introduce yourself

• Know Procedures and Protocols
• Never talk about sonographic
findings or give your opinion on the
results
• Only physicians can legally render
a diagnosis

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11
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7.5 – 15 MHZ

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• For superficial structures
• 1 – 3 cm from the surface
• Thyroid, breast, testicle

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12
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2.25 – 3.5 MHZ

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• For deeper structures (abdomen/pelvis)
• 12 – 15 cm from the surface
• Liver, Kidneys, Urinary Bladder

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13
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• Present images and details of the study
• State exam and reason
• Patient history, correlative data/studies
• Logical sequence
• Discuss technique, related anatomy, abnormal
findings

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Case presentation

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14
Q

IMAGE DOCUMENTATION

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• Areas of interest
• Date, time, site
• Endocavital studies – witnessed by
another health professional
• Film labeling
• Patient’s name, Sonographer’s
name

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15
Q

Imaging Criteria

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Image documentation
Imaging
Transducer selection

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16
Q

DESCRIBING
SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS

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• Abnormal Findings
• Appropriate terminology
• Demonstrate the abnormality on the images
• Technical observation – should not be legally compromising

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17
Q

SAGITTAL, TRANSVERSE, CORONAL
ANTERIOR, POSTERIOR, SUPERIOR,
INFERIOR, LATERAL, MEDIAL

A

SCANNING PLANES

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18
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How to use the Transducer

• – straight up and down
• – superior, inferior, lateral
• – beneath inferior intercostal margin, angled superiorly
• - between ribs
• – oblique scanning planes

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Perpendicular
Angled
Subcostal
Intercostal
Twisting

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19
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SURFACE LANDMARKS

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• Midline - Sternum
Symphysis pubis
Umbilicus
• Lateral - Iliac crest
Inferior costal margin

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20
Q

PATIENT POSITIONS

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Prone
Supine

Right/Left Posterior Oblique
Right/Left Lateral Decubitus

Sitting Erect/Semi-erect

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21
Q

Blood supply in PANCREAS

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Gastroduodenal artery
Splenic artery
Superior Mesenteric Artery

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22
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Venous drainage in PANCREAS

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Superior Mesenteric Vein
Splenic Vein

23
Q

Main pancreatic duct

A

Wirsung duct

24
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accessory pancreatic duct

A

Santorini duct

25
Q

LIVER DIVISIONS

A

Caudate
Left
Right

26
Q

CAUDATE lobe is separated from the LEFT lobe by:

A

ligamentum venosum

27
Q

LIVER LIGAMENTS

A

CORONARY LIGAMENT
FALCIFORM LIGAMENT
GASTROHEPATIC LIGAMENT
HEPATODUODENAL LIGAMENT
LIGAMENTUM TERES
LIGAMENTUM VENOSUM
TRIANGULAR LIGAMENT

28
Q

COUINAUD’S NUMBERING SYSTEM

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1 Caudate
2 Left Superior Lateral
3 Left Inferior Lateral
4a Left Superior Medial
4b Left Inferior Medial
5 Right Inferior Anterior
6 Right Inferior Pesterior
7 Right Superior Posterior
8 Right Superior Anterior

29
Q

LIVER SPACES

A

MORISON PIUCH
SUBHEPATIC SPACE
SUBPHRENIC SPACE

30
Q

LEFT lobe is separated from the RIGHT lobe by:

A

MIDDLE HEPATIC VEIN superiorly & MAIN LOBAR FISSURE inferiorly

31
Q

Indications for Examination in Liver
AABHPPP

A

Abdominal pain
Abnormal liver function tests
Biliary disease
Hepatocellular disease
Palpable liver or spleen
Pancreatitis
Postprandial pain

32
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PATHOLOGIES: LIVER

A

CIRRHOSIS
FATTY LIVER DISEASE
HEPATOMEGALY
PASSIVE HEPATIC CONGESTION
VIRAL HEPATITIS

33
Q

BENIGN LIVER LESIONS

A

ABSCESS
BENIGN HEPATIC CYST
CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMAS
HEPATIC CALCIFICATION
LIVER HEMATOMA

34
Q

MALIGNANT LIVER LESIONS

A

HEPATIC METASTASIS
HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

35
Q

retroperitoneal organ

36
Q

intraperitoneal organ

37
Q

medial externsion of head

A

uncinate process

38
Q

lies posterior of stomach

39
Q

separates uncinate process & pancreatic neck

A

superior mesenteric vein

40
Q

sonographic apperance

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tail: 1 - 2 cm mid gray homogenous
pancreas: isoechoic/ hyperechoic to liver
splenic vein, IVC: anechoic

41
Q

Indications for Examination in Pancreas AABEPW

A

Abdominal distention
Anorexia
Biliary disease
Elevated pancreatic enzymes
Pancreatitis
Weight loss

42
Q

Transabdominal anterior approach

A

Axial survey
Longitudinal survey

43
Q

LIVER SURVEY

A

INTERCOSTAL APPROACH
TRANSABDOMINAL ANTERIOR APPROACH

44
Q

Pancreas survey

A

Transabdominal Anterior Approach

45
Q

PATHOLOGIES OF PANCREAS

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ACUTE PANCREATITIS
CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA
PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST

46
Q

Indications for Examinations in GB

A

Jaundice
Nausea
Positice Murphy Sign
Postprandial pain
RUQ pain

47
Q

PATHOLOGIES OF GB & BILIARY TRACT

A

BILE SLUDGE
CHOLECYSTITIS
CHOLELITHIASIS
CHOLESTEROLOSIS
GB CANCER
GB POLYPS
PORCELAIN GB

48
Q

BILIARY TREE PATHOLOGIES

A

ASCARIASIS
BILIARY OBSTRUCTION
CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA
CHOLEDOCHAL CYST
CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS

49
Q

starry sky apperance

A

acute hepatitis

50
Q

spleen sonographic appearance

A

homogenous with medium level echoes

51
Q

spleen sonographic appearance

A

spleen is isoechoic/ hypoechoic compared to liver

52
Q

spleen sonographic appearance

A

spleen is hyperechoic relatively to the left kidney

53
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pancreas sonographic appearance

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pancreas is hyperechoic to liver

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