Module Content

Module 1

• Anatomy
• Embryology
• Congenital heart disease
• Physiology
• Cardiac cycle
• Intracardiac pressures
• Heart sounds
• Cardiac hemodynamics
• Signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease, phonocardiography, electrocardiography,cardiac catherization.

Module 2

• Elementary principles
• Propagation of ultrasound through tissues
• Ultrasound transducers
  

Module 3

• Pulse echo instruments
• Principles of pulse echo imaging, images, storage, and display

Module 4

• Doppler, image features and artifacts
• Quality assurance of ultrasound instruments
• Bioeffects and safety