Introduction to vascular ultrasonography

Section 1: Basics. The hemodynamics of vascular disease -- The physics and instrumentation of ultrasound imaging in vascular disease -- Doppler flow imaging and spectral analysis -- Section 2: Cerebral vessels. Anatomy of the cerebral vasculature -- Carotid sonography: protocols and technical considerations -- Evaluating carotid plaque and intima media thickness -- Ultrasound assessment of carotid stenosis -- How to assess difficult and uncommon carotid cases -- Ultrasound assessment of the vertebral arteries -- Ultrasound assessment of the intracranial arteries -- Section 3: Extremity arteries. Anatomy of the upper and lower extremity arteries -- Physiologic testing of lower extremity arterial disease -- Assessment of upper extremity arterial disease -- Ultrasound evaluation before and after hemodialysis access -- Ultrasound assessment of lower extremity arteries -- Ultrasound assessment during and after carotid peripheral intervention -- Ultrasound in the assessment and management of arterial emergencies -- Section 4: Extremity veins. Extremity venous anatomy and technique for us examination -- Ultrasound diagnosis of lower extremity venous thrombosis -- Risk factors and the role of ultrasound in the management of extremity venous disease -- Diagnostic testing for venous insufficiency -- Nonvascular findings encountered during venous sonography -- Section 5: Abdomen and pelvis. Anatomy and normal doppler signatures of abdominal vessels -- Ultrasound assessment of the abdominal aorta -- Ultrasound assessment following endovascular aortic aneurysm repair -- Doppler ultrasound of the mesenteric vasculature -- Ultrasound assessment of the hepatic vasculature -- Duplex ultrasound assessment of native renal vasculature -- Duplex ultrasound evaluation of the uterus and ovaries -- Duplex ultrasound evaluation of the male genitalia -- Evaluation of organ transplants -- Section 6: Trends in vascular imaging. Credentialing, accreditation and quality in the vascular laboratory -- Ultrasound screening for vascular disease -- Correlative imaging in vascular disease -- Ultrasound contrast agents in vascular disease."