Competency information
Details
Explain the cause and effect of artefacts and equipment performance limitations on the interpretation of clinical images.
Considerations
- Causes of artefacts in ultrasound imaging, how to avoid them and where they may be useful
- Advantages and disadvantages of clinical ultrasound.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
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| # 2 | Outcome Advise on equipment choice and user-selectable options, including advanced functions such as harmonic, intracavity and elastography imaging |
| # 4 | Outcome Provide a scientific contribution to the interpretation and reporting of images through explaining the scientific principles that underpin image acquisition |