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Hands-On Ultrasound Physics Workshop
Overview
About this Course
~ AAPM endorses the educational component of this program. ~
It does not however, endorse any product used or referred to in the program.
The involvement of medical physicists in ultrasound imaging services is increasing at many facilities as they seek accreditation to qualify for reimbursement by some insurance companies. The American College of Radiology (ACR) requires a medical physicist to conduct annual surveys of ultrasound units in facilities accredited by them. Medical physicists supporting these facilities need to update their skills as well as meet the continuing education requirements of various accrediting bodies. This workshop is designed to meet those needs and provide 15 hours of continuing education credits. An in-depth review of ultrasound technology will be given along with an opportunity for hands-on application of performance and quality assurance testing procedures. The workshop will be conducted by a well-qualified faculty.
Medical physicists looking for an in-depth review of ultrasound physics including hands-on QA testing procedures while also acquiring the continuing education credits required by various accrediting bodies should attend. The workshop would be useful for medical physics students or residents learning ultrasound technology. Some sonographers looking for an in-depth review of ultrasound physics and more understanding of ultrasound QA testing may find the workshop of value.
The workshop will include material presented in lecture format with PowerPoint slides and video illustrations. Hands on laboratory sessions of QA testing procedures using various phantoms will provide opportunities to apply the testing procedures under the guidance of a knowledgeable and experienced faculty.
SAMs available – Credits for 7 self-assessment modules (SAMs) are available in this program for an additional fee.
Educational Objectives
At the completion of this workshop, participants will:
• Have received the basic physical concepts of ultrasound.
• Have learned the properties and instrumentation of real time ultrasound transducers.
• Recognize artifacts in ultrasound images.
• Understand the principles and applications of Doppler ultrasound.
• Be able to design and implement an effective QA program for clinical ultrasound services.
• Review requirements for ultrasound facility accreditation.
~ AAPM endorses the educational component of this program. ~
It does not however, endorse any product used or referred to in the program.
Schedule
| Day One | |
| 7:15 am | Registration and Coffee |
8:00 am | Basic Ultrasound Physics (SAM) FundamentalSound propagation, longitudinal waves, acoustic velocity, frequency, wavelength, acoustic impedance, reflection, scattering, refraction, interference, absorption, attentuation, intensity, power, decibel, echo ranging Acoustic transduction Piezoelectric effect, backing material, matching layers, pulsed wave, pulse repetition frequency & period, spatial length, pulse duration, Q-value, bandwidth, near & far field, beam width, mechanical focusing, transmit power, A-mode |
9:15 am | Real-time Ultrasound Imaging (SAM) Basic Methods Image formation, beam width, line density, frame rate, mechnical sector, linear array, transmit focusing, dynamic receiving focusing, curvilinear array, linear phased array, vector array, annular phase array, 1.5D array, 2D array Advanced Methods Broadband techniques, frequency compounding, spatial compounding, extended field of view, coded excitation, zone sonography, tissue harmonic imaging, 3D, 4D |
| 10:15 am | Informal Discussion and Break |
| 10:30 am (SAM) | Real-time Doppler and Elastography Imaging (SAM) Doppler Doppler effect, velocity measurement, CW vs. PW, PW spectral Doppler, alisaing, duplex scanner, maximum velocty waveform, color flow imaging, autocorrelation, power doppler, collor controls Elastography Elastic modulus, shear wave propagation, shear wave velocity, stress and strain, acoustic radiaiton force, elastography approaches, speckle tracking |
| 11:30 am | Lunch (provided) |
| 12:15 pm (SAM) | Ultrasound Imaging Artifacts and Error Sources (SAM) Partial volume, attenuation, reverberation, comet tail, mirror image, refraction, ghost image, side lobe, range ambiguity, velocity error, transducer failures, doppler artifacts, elastography artifacts |
| 1:15 pm (SAM) | Clinical Safety and Proper Scanning Techniques (SAM) Safety Intensity descriptors, heating, cavitation, epidemiological studies, AIUM statements, thermal index, mechanical index Techniques Probe orientation, Knobology, scanning patterns, labeling, protocols, ergonomics |
| 2:15 pm | Informal Discussion and Break |
2:30 pm | Hands-on Scanning ... All Faculty Knobology Review |
| 3:30 pm | Emerging Technologies Therapeutic Ultrasound - MRI and Ultrasound guidanceInterventional Ultrasound Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound |
| 4:30 pm | Questions and Answers and Wrap Up |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn for the Day |
| Day Two | |
| 7:30 am | Coffee |
8:00 am (SAM) | ACR Ultrasound Accreditation (SAM) Role of the Medical Physicist |
9:15 am (SAM) | Ultrasound Quality Control Phantoms and Tests (SAM) |
| 10:15 am | Informal Discussion and Break |
| 10:30 am | Hands-on Workshops (2 forty five minute lab sessions) |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch (provided) |
| 12:30 pm | Hands-on Workshops (4 forty five minute lab sessions) |
| 3:30 pm | Informal Discussion and Break |
| 3:45 pm | Meet the Expert ... Faculty Faculty at each Ultrasound unit answering attendee questions |
| 4:15 pm | Questions and Answers and Wrap-up ... Faculty |
| 4:30 pm | Adjourn Workshop |
Labs - QA Testing (Hands-on Workshops) Lab A: Image Uniformity |
Audience
Medical physicists looking for an in-depth review of ultrasound physics including hands-on QA testing procedures while also acquiring the continuing education credits required by various accrediting bodies should attend. The workshop would be useful for medical physics students or residents learning ultrasound technology. Some sonographers looking for an in-depth review of ultrasound physics and more understanding of ultrasound QA testing may find the workshop of value.
Faculty
Name
Brian Fowlkes, PhD - Program Director
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Department of Michigan
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Name
Paul Carson, PhD
Collegiate Professor of Basic Radiological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering
Department of Radiology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Name
Mitch Goodsitt, PhD
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Department of Radiology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Name
Oliver Kripfgans, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
Department of Radiology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Name
Sandra Larson, PhD
Diagnostic Physicist
Department of Radiology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Credits
CAMPEP
This program is designed to provide 15 hours of continuing education. The program has been submitted for approval by CAMPEP for Medical Physics Continuing Education Credit (MPCEC) for qualified medical physicists.
CAMPEP credit pending.
ASRT Category A
This program provides 13.75 hours of Category A continuing education credit for radiologic technologists approved by ASRT and recognized by the ARRT and various licensure states. Category A credit is also recognized by CAMRT’s Continuing Education Credit Approval Program for CE credit in Canada. You must attend the entire program to receive your certificate of completion.
SAMs
SAMs
This activity includes 7 approved SAM credits for Physicists.
To cover approval, tracking and reporting costs, MTMI charges $30 for each SAM credit awarded. SAM credits may be purchased in advance or at the activity.
The American Board of Radiology (ABR) as part of its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program for diplomats in radiology, radiation oncology and medical physics with time-limited or continuous certificates, requires participation in LifeLong Learning and Self Assessment. The ABR requires each diplomat to attain at least 75 continuing education credits (CE) every 3 years which includes at least 25 self-assessment CE (SA-CE) credits. One form of SA-CE credits are ABR approved Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs). Participants are expected to self-report their SAM credits to the ABR. Go to www.theabr.org for more information about their MOC program and requirements.
