Competency information

Details

Manipulate an ultrasound probe to acquire B Mode images of arteries and veins in longitudinal and transverse cross-sections.

Considerations

  • Fundamental scientific principles of B Mode imaging.
  • Application of ultrasound in the imaging of arteries and veins.
  • Anatomy of peripheral arteries and veins.

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 1 Outcome Acquire an optimised B-mode image and evaluate the characteristic features of a normal and diseased artery and a vein on a B-mode ultrasound image.