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Breast Sonography: Not Just for "Cyst vs. Solid" Anymore
October 28, 2009 4:03 PM by Daniel Merton
Since October is both Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it seems fitting to extol the virtues of diagnostic medical sonography for breast applications. In the past, sonographic examinations of the breast were primarily Read More...
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Happy Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month!
October 21, 2009 10:30 AM by Daniel Merton
Although much of the public's attention is focused on October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as most of us know, its also Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month . That means its our chance to increase the public's knowledge about the field of sonography. Read More...
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Practice Due Diligence
October 14, 2009 2:54 PM by Daniel Merton
Its disturbing to read about students having a bad experience that could be avoided. Another diagnostic medical sonography program is the focus of a class-action complaint because it allegedly misrepresented its accreditation status. As reported in the Read More...
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It Just Makes Sense...And Saves Lives
September 25, 2009 12:14 PM by Daniel Merton
The title of the article read "Woman bleeds to death after doctor accidentally punctures jugular while inserting a drip - and no blood is available for transfusion"- clearly a tragic result of a relatively minor procedure gone terribly wrong. Two unfortunate Read More...
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Help for Sonographers to Get Credentialed
September 11, 2009 11:30 AM by Daniel Merton
SDMS Foundation's Sonography Certification Examination Grant Program As announced in the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography's August Newswave , the SDMS Foundation has recently announced that Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences will provide Read More...
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Prescription Use Only
June 22, 2009 10:38 AM by Daniel Merton
Call it a victim of its own success: Vast improvements in the quality of images obtained with three- and four-dimensional ultrasound technology have contributed to the modality's wide-spread use for non-medical reasons or "entertainment OB scans." According Read More...
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Tele-Operated Sonography
June 4, 2009 10:21 AM by Daniel Merton
The internet has been utilized to enhance the delivery of health care services in a variety of ways. For example, the use of teleradiology has greatly improved access to diagnostic imaging interpretations and expert consultations. Using teleradiology Read More...
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Zero Tolerance
April 27, 2009 9:22 AM by Daniel Merton
We've all seen it: a disgruntled doctor makes insulting comments to a newly hired sonographer because they didn't follow the lab's protocol, or a sonographer makes threatening gestures and rude remarks when their supervisor asks them to do a portable Read More...
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Good News, Part II
March 23, 2009 10:26 AM by Daniel Merton
In my last blog entry, I described two new "Image Gently" brochures that are being made available through The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging . Theses brochures intend to inform parents as well as healthcare professionals about the Read More...
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Good News for Sonography
March 11, 2009 1:16 PM by Daniel Merton
Two recent developments should prove beneficial for the sonography profession, as well as for patients who require imaging examinations. The first development is related to the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging. According to the website Read More...
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Turf Battles - Will They Ever End?
January 16, 2009 12:00 PM by Daniel Merton
Turf battles are not new in medicine in general or in diagnostic sonography in particular. In fact, they are practically as old as the modality itself. Early investigations by pioneers such as Professor Ian Donald (an obstetrician), Dr. Eugene Strandness Read More...
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The SRU Reaches Out to Sonographers and Technologists
August 5, 2008 3:09 PM by Daniel Merton
I recently received the brochure and registration materials for the 2008 Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound's Annual Meeting. I was somewhat surprised to have received the brochure, because historically the SRU has generally not been very receptive Read More...
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The Piezoelectric Effect: Can it Relieve the Pressures of the Energy Crisis?
July 30, 2008 12:32 PM by Daniel Merton
A colleague recently shared with me a short video that appears on www.youtube.com that describes the potential to use the piezoelectric effect as a form of alternative energy. Sonographers know that the "piezoelectric effect" describes the ability of Read More...
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ARDMS’s Single Physics Examination
June 24, 2008 9:32 AM by Daniel Merton
In case you haven't heard, the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) has announced that starting in Spring 2009, a new Sonography Principles and Instrumentation (SPI) examination will be made available. Before all of you who are Read More...
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Sonographer Salaries On the Rise
June 10, 2008 2:53 PM by Daniel Merton
I recently received the results of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography's 2008 Sonographer Salary and Benefits Survey . Every few years the SDMS does a survey and provides its membership with the results---it's a nice benefit of being an SDMS Read More...
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    Daniel A. Merton, BS, RDMS, FSDMS, FAIUM
    Occupation: Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
    Setting: Academic healthcare facility
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