January 2008 - Posts

Is Sonography Radiology’s Ne’re-Do-Well?
January 30, 2008 12:17 PM by Daniel Merton

There is little doubt that the glamourous diagnostic imaging modalities in the United States have been, for many years, CT and MRI. Tremendous strides have taken place in both of those technologies, particularly in terms of the speed of data acquisition, Read More...

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The Information You Seek is Just a Few Clicks Away
January 28, 2008 8:22 AM by Daniel Merton

I frequently receive emails from sonographers, students in DMS programs and people who are interested in pursuing a career in sonography asking for advice. Sometimes I wonder if some of the people who contact me have done any internet searches at all Read More...

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A Diagnostic Tool or a Way to Influence Decisions?
January 22, 2008 4:35 PM by Daniel Merton

Sonographers sit in the hot-seat of many medical situations. Whether its detecting a malignancy, identifying a fetal demise, showing an expectant mom her unborn baby's yawn or confirming a vascular occlusion, the simple fact of the matter is that what Read More...

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Opportunity Knocking – Musculoskeletal Sonography Part II
January 18, 2008 2:37 PM by Daniel Merton

Since my earlier post regarding new opportunities for sonographers in MSK sonography (see below), there have been a few inquiries about this subspecialty. Here are a few comments to address some of those issues. As far as how wide-spread the use of MSK Read More...

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Opportunity is Knocking
January 16, 2008 9:16 AM by Daniel Merton

One of the hottest areas in sonography right now is musculoskeletal imaging. Sonography is being used to diagnose ailments in patients that suffer from a wide variety of traumatic injuries, such as ruptured Achilles tendons, torn rotator cuffs and damage Read More...

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I Need a New Job
January 11, 2008 4:43 PM by Daniel Merton

There have been a lot of discussions on various sonography forums and sites about sonographers and sonography students looking for ways to find a job. Fortunately, the current employment situation is favorable, and sonography professionals can pick and Read More...

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Consumer Sonography Scanners
January 8, 2008 8:51 AM by Daniel Merton

This week the Annual Consumer Electronics Show (see: http://www.cesweb.org/default.asp ) is taking place in Sin City--Las Vegas. Opening remarks at the show included comments by Bill Gates (who else?) and the CEO of Yahoo.com Jerry Yang. Mr. Gates indicated Read More...

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Resolutions
January 2, 2008 4:21 PM by Daniel Merton

Happy New Year to all! So, did you make any new year's resolutions? I stopped doing them a long time ago as the guilt (from not following through) was just too much so I figured, why bother? In any case, perhaps, like 98 percent of people, you resolved Read More...

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