Description based upon print version of record. Chapter 3 Ultrasound in Gynecology and Reproductive Technologies.

Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Reviewers; Chapter 1 Ultrasound Guidelines, Education, and Professional Responsibility; Introduction; Past and Present Barriers to APs Performing Ultrasound Examinations; Past Barriers; Present Barriers; Professional Societies' Guidelines; American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine; AIUM Practice Guideline for the Performance of Obstetric Ultrasound Examinations; AIUM Practice Guideline for the Performance of the Ultrasound Examination of the Female Pelvis. AIUM Practice Guideline for the Performance of Ultrasonography in Reproductive MedicineAIUM Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Obstetric Examinations; AIUM Practice Parameter for the Performance of Limited Obstetric Ultrasound Examinations by Advanced Clinical Providers; and Training Guidelines for Advanced Clinical Providers in Women's Health Performing and Interpreting Limited Obstetric Ultrasound; American Society for Reproductive Medicine; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal NursesAmerican College of Nurse-Midwives; Licensing of Professional Sonographers; Society for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers; Professional Responsibilities; Scope of Practice; Obtaining Ultrasound Education and Training in Pregnancy and Women's Health; Medical School General Ultrasound Education; OB/GYN Residency Education Programs; Physician Assistant Programs; Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Programs; Family Nurse Practitioner Programs; Midwifery Educational Programs; Clinical Competency in Sonography Implementation of Telemedicine in Ultrasound EducationUse of Simulators for Clinical Practicum; Safety in Training and Research; Guidelines for Hands-on Scanning in Pregnant Subjects for Clinical Education; Competency and Cost; Documentation and Retrieval; Ultrasound for Nondiagnostic Purposes; Keepsake Fetal Imaging; Consent for Ultrasound; Liability Concerns Related to the Performance of Ultrasound; Ultrasound Practice Accreditation; Practitioner Certification in Ultrasound Practice; American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers; Summary; Study Questions; References Chapter 2 Image AcquisitionUltrasound Physics; Sonography Display Modes; Doppler Ultrasound Transducer Operation; Color Flow Doppler Ultrasound; Spectral Doppler Ultrasound; Duplex Doppler Ultrasound; Transducers; Transducer Maintenance; Scan Planes; Scanning Techniques; Abdominal Transducer Manipulation When Imaging; Ultrasound Bioeffects: Thermal and Nonthermal; Thermal Effects; Nonthermal Effects; Output Display; Ultrasound Safety: The ALARA Principle; Image Processing; Basic Controls and Settings; Artifacts; Summary; Study Questions; References