Surgical implications and specific scanning approaches are addressed. This course includes lecture, case review, and group discussions. This course provides the student with a basic knowledge of neurosonography. The normal and abnormal appearance of the infant and neonatal brain are discussed through lectures, case review, and group discussion. This course provides the student with an indepth analysis of the sonographic representations in neurosonography.
Emphasis is placed on variations of the normal appearance of the neonatal brain.
Also an indepth analysis of the sonographic representations of pathological conditions associated with neonatal intracranial abnormalities, including congenital abnormalities, infections, hemorrhage, and tumors will be discussed. This course provides the student with a basic knowledge of the ultrasound examination of the gravid female pelvis. Sonographers are required to differentiate normal from abnormal processes. Through lectures, case review, and group discussion, emphasis is placed on abnormal fetal development. The student acquires skills to carry out sonographic examinations and gains the ability to recognize normal and abnormal sonographic patterns in the abdomen, female pelvis and neonatal head.