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 performed to determine if a previously detected mass was a cyst or a solid lesion. Thus, ...

 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. Ideally, your employer has already made plans to celebrate MAUM, but if you or ...

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 Huntington Beach Independent, three graduates of the Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound program at ...

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 situations combined to cause the death of this young British woman: Namely, the ...

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 funding for the SDMS Foundation's Sonography Certification Examination Grant Program to ...

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 to a Food and Drug Admin­istration's Consumer Health Information report entitled ...

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 allows imaging data to be reviewed from distant locations with interpretations provided 24/7. ...

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 exam. While these scenarios may seem relatively minor and commonplace, they represent just two ...

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 potential hazards of using ionizing radiation for pediatric imaging studies and suggest ...

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, the goal of the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging is to change the practice ...