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Course description: 

Advanced Customer Training (ACT) courses are designed to educate customers on the leading-edge technologies specific to each system and application.  Following your onsite installation training, the intensive ACT serves to expand and deepen your knowledge.

This one-day course was developed specifically to meet the needs of sonographers who perform vascular ultrasound examinations using either the iU22 or iE33 ultrasound systems. A balanced approach of lectures and supervised hands-on workshops will allow attendees to practice on systems using models who have varying degrees of technical difficulty. This course may be helpful for those recently cross-trained into vascular. More experienced users may also benefit from the scanning advice offered by our Philips clinical education staff.

Prerequisite skills: This course is designed for practicing sonographers or physicians who already have a solid understanding of how to perform vascular examinations and but who want to learn how to use their systems to their fullest potential.  Prior duplex imaging experience is recommended.

Currency: 

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Course objectives: 

Upon completion of this program, attendees should be able to:

  • Discuss B-Mode optimization for vascular examinations on either the iU22 or iE33 ultrasound systems
  • Optimize imaging controls during the hands-on sessions on models
  • Discuss common factors that affect flow states
  • Discuss the various Doppler modes and the controls that can be used to optimize them
  • Explore the Doppler modes and controls during hands on sessions on either the iU22 or iE33 systems
  • Discuss the measurements, ratios and indexes commonly used in vascular examinations
  • Discuss Volume Flow and explain its clinical uses
  • Explore how to determine a Flow Volume on a model
  • Discuss how SmartExam protocols may be used to reduce keystrokes and standardize the examination process
  • Discuss IMT
  • Explore how to acquire an image and perform an IMT measurement on it
  • Explain what Volume Plaque Quantification (VPQ) is
  • Describe how to acquire a volume on a model and evaluate it for quantification (this feature is currently only available on the Vision 2012 iU22)
  • Discuss how patient images are reviewed

 

Course details

Course Code: 

VASC208

Delivery method: 

  • Instructor-led

Language: 

  • English

Duration: 

1 Day

Course instructor(s) : 

Philips Instructor

Course disclaimer: 

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