NHSi is affiliated with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC) in providing educational programs in HDVA. The WFUBMC courses in Neurosonology include a section on HDVA. For more information regarding the WFUBMC Neurosonology courses, please click on the WFUBMC logo below.
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The NEUROVASCULAR courses present the basic principles of ultrasound physics and technology, as well as anatomy, pathophysiology, and hemodynamics regarding the extra- and intracranial cerebral circulation. Duplex sonography, color-flow imaging, transcranial Doppler, emboli detection and new developments in ultrasonographic methods are presented during both lectures and hands-on scanning lab sessions. There is an emphasis on clinical applications, case examples and principles of interpretation. The courses are designed as a one week curriculum, and it is recommended that students attend for the entire week. However, the first three days focus on principles, physics and extracranial sonography, while the last two days focus on transcranial Doppler and Hemodynamic Vascular Analysis (HDVA). Either part may be attended separately.
Charles H. Tegeler IV, MD, Director; Lawrence Myers, MBA, RDMS, RVT, Coordinator.
The NEUROVASCULAR INTERPRETATION course is designed for attendees to interpret at least 200 neurovascular ultrasound cases (100 carotid and 100 TCD studies with HDVA) in a supervised environment. Presentations will include brief clinical history and when available, the results of correlative studies. Videotape, digital images, and other hard copy results will be reviewed. The final clinical interpretation will be provided for comparison after a preliminary report for the case is completed. Unknown cases will be reviewed and submitted for critique. Prior completion of the Neurovascular Ultrasound course (or its equivalent) including hands-on and practical interpretation exposure is strongly suggested.
Charles H. Tegeler IV, MD, Director.