Goals & Responsibilities
- Check ultrasound images for the technologist; Correlate with clinical history and results in the EMR; Compare with prior multi-modality imaging studies
- Recognize and call critical results
- Review ultrasound instrumentation, including equipment operation and transducer selection
- Recognize and understand the significance of ultrasound artifacts
- Recognize ultrasound findings of: cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, biliary obstruction, hydronephrosis, ectopic pregnancy, ovarian torsion, pelvic inflammatory disease, complications related to liver transplant, complications related to renal transplant, deep venous thrombosis, testicular torsion, Fournier’s gangrene and epididymitis
- Prepare ultrasound cases for a group teaching session each Wednesday morning; Have cases loaded for an 8:10AM start
- Be prepared to participate in the Friday journal club sessions for an 8:10AM start
- Participate in at least one GI/GU multi-disciplinary conference during the rotation
- Participate in at least one of each of the following ultrasound guided procedures: paracentesis, thoracentesis, biopsy/drainage, hysterosonogram
- Observe and practice ultrasound scanning (practice performing each of these exams and show pictures to your attending: one leg of DVT study with compression and Doppler images, ultrasound images in long and transverse of kidneys, ultrasound images of uterus and ovaries both transabdominal and transvaginal, ultrasound images on gallbladder and CBD with measurement, Doppler evaluation of the liver)
Reading Material
Before starting the rotation, review the reading assignments below:
- Ultrasound: The Requisites
- Lower GU chapter pp 167-175 on acute scrotal pain
- Kidney chapter pp 106-110 on obstruction, pp 130-136 on infection and calculi
- Renal transplant evaluation pp 144-148
- Extremity chapter pp 293-300 on venous thrombosis, pseudoaneurysms and AV fistulas
- Gallbladder chapter 2
- US and CT Evaluation of Acute Pelvic Pain of Gynecologic Origin in Nonpregnant Pre-menopausal Patients
- Imaging of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation – Review
- Case Review Series: cases # 13, 19, 37, 43, 60, 79, 83, 92, 99, 101, 106, 110, 114,119, 123, 130, 131, 132, 163, 164, 167, 188, 192, 200
- x-drive (Geller folder > Oral Board Reviews > ultrasound – anatomy of the abdomen, scrotum, thyroid, female pelvis and renal transplant)
First Week
- Complete the Case Review First Round Cases (1-73) and/or RadPrimer ultrasound practice questions
- Articles:
US Artifacts
US of Acute Scrotal Trauma: Optimal Technique, Imaging Findings, and Management
Role of US in Testicular and Scrotal Trauma
Current Role of Emergency US in Patients with Major Trauma
US and CT Evaluation of Acute Pelvic Pain of Gynecologic Origin in Nonpregnant Pre-menopausal Patients
Diagnostic Clues to Ectopic Pregnancy
Pearls and Pitfalls in Diagnosis of Ovarian Torsion
Management of Asymptomatic Ovarian and Other Adnexal Cysts Imaged at US
Second Week
- Complete the Case Review Fair Game Cases (74-158) and/or RadPrimer ultrasound practice questions
- Articles:
Imaging of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Review
Doppler US of the Liver Made Simple
Doppler Ultrasound Findings in the Hepatic Artery Shortly After Liver Transplantation
Evaluation and Management of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts
Imaging of Pediatric Renal Transplants and Their Complications: A Pictorial Review
Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas: Radiologic-Endosonographic Correlation
Third Week
- Complete the Case Review Challenge Cases (159-229) and/or RadPrimer ultrasound practice questions
- Articles:
Saline-infused Sonohysterography: Tips for Achieving Greater Success
US of the Ovary and Adnexa: To Worry or Not to Worry?
Management of Thyroid Nodules Detected at US: Society of Radiologists in US Consensus Conference Statement
The Thyroid: Review of Imaging Features and Biopsy Techniques with Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation
Scintigraphic Features of Autoimmune Thyroiditis
US of the Shoulder: Rotator Cuff and Non–Rotator Cuff Disorders
Fourth Week
- Ultrasound: The Requisites
- Obstetrical US (first trimester, second/third trimesters)
- Articles:
MR Imaging Evaluation of Abdominal Pain during Pregnancy: Appendicitis and Other Nonobstetric Causes
Placenta Accreta: Spectrum of US and MR Imaging Findings
Imaging after Cesarean Delivery: Acute and Chronic Complications
Emergent Complications of Assisted Reproduction: Expecting the Unexpected
Physiologic, Histologic, and Imaging Features of Retained Products of Conception
Saline-infused Sonohysterography: Tips for Achieving Greater Success
- Extra practice ultrasound related cases: ACR Case-in-Point