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Plan Now to Attend an Educational Conference in the Fall
August 14, 2008 3:03 PM by Daniel Merton
As summer winds down, the school year rapidly approaches. Hopefully you've taken a vacation that gave you time to replenish your batteries and approach the rest of the year with new-found vigor. With the fall season comes a large number of educational 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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Spreading the Word: It’s a Two-Way Street
June 3, 2008 4:18 PM by Daniel Merton
For the past several years I've been visiting high schools (and occasionally elementary schools) to teach students about diagnostic medical sonography and the role of the sonographer. Although the primary objective of these trips is to encourage students Read More...
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Something for Everyone at the Leading Edge
May 27, 2008 11:42 AM by Daniel Merton
Last week the Jefferson Ultrasound Research and Education Institute (my employer) held it's annual Leading Edge in Diagnostic Ultrasound conference in Atlantic City, NJ. This was the 28 th annual meeting and I felt very much like a "seasoned alumni" (read: Read More...
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Bubbles are Back!
May 16, 2008 8:41 AM by Daniel Merton
A change in the labeling of Definity and Optison is the direct result of concerted efforts by the echocardiology community. Chalk one up for the good guys! In a rare move, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to relax its warning Read More...
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Minimally Trained but Maximally Utilized
May 13, 2008 4:18 PM by Daniel Merton
At this year's Annual American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine conference, Dr. Brian Garra of the University of Vermont School of Medicine and long-time sonographer advocate made scientific a presentation entitled "Scan Protocols for Use by Nonmedical Read More...
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A New Electronic Leash
April 29, 2008 10:56 AM by Daniel Merton
Remember the days when the sonographer could go off on portables (toting a bundle of film cassettes) taking their own sweet time to wander around the hospital, do a few cases in the intensive care units, chat with the floor nurses and colleagues they Read More...
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The AIUM's EER Issues an RFP to Help Professionals Help Patients
April 17, 2008 3:50 PM by Daniel Merton
As sonographers and vascular technologists, it is in our interest for the medical community (as well as the general public) to recognize the benefits of our examinations. This includes the potential and real benefits diagnostic sonography offers as compared Read More...
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"Soft Skills" Make a Strong Impact
April 11, 2008 1:19 PM by Daniel Merton
As a result of a recent injury, I have been seeing various physicians and allied healthcare professionals. Being a patient often allows us to see our world from the "other side." It's interesting to compare and contrast how the interactions are handled Read More...
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CARE Bill is Making Progress
April 4, 2008 9:03 AM by Daniel Merton
The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography recently announced that the "Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy" (CARE bill; Senate 1042) recently passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Read More...
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A Valuable Web-based Tool For Us All
March 31, 2008 10:11 AM by Daniel Merton
Several years ago the topic of one of my ADVANCE for Imaging and Radiation Therapy Professionals articles was a hypothetical "eBay for Healthcare." In that column I described how potentially useful a feedback feature would be for patients to be able to Read More...
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Personal Laptop or Sonography Scanner?
March 26, 2008 12:41 PM by Daniel Merton
"Simply attach the probe to your laptop computer using a standard USB cable, install the software and you're ready to scan." That's the latest approach to providing highly affordable sonography scanners; ones that convert any personal laptop into a diagnostic Read More...
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