The Allen College Diagnostic Sonography program provides students with the didactic and clinical training necessary to become professionals in the field of either diagnostic medical sonography or diagnostic cardiac sonography.
General, or diagnostic, 超声包括腹部, gynecological, obstetrical, 特殊部位和血管成像. Cardiac sonography is a specialized imaging modality focusing on the structure and function of the heart.
Sonography is a specialized area of medical imaging and is an integral part of the health care team. Sonographers are highly trained professionals that manipulate sophisticated technical equipment that sends out high frequency sound waves into the human body to acquire images of internal structures. The sonographic data and images provide the physicians with important diagnostic information regarding anatomical, physiological and/or pathological necessary to diagnose a variety of medical conditions and diseases.
The diagnostic medical sonographer provides patient services by using sonographic equipment to provide physicians with important diagnostic information.
医院雇用超声技师, clinics, 全国各地的医生办公室和影像中心. 还需要适当合格的教育工作者、研究人员和管理人员.