Ultrasound technologists use machines to produce images of the body's organs.
Ultrasound Technology, also referred to as Diagnostic Medical Sonography, is a health care technique that uses a transducer to send sound waves into a patient's body. These waves then reflect back to a machine that produces an image. Practitioners use this non-invasive sonography to view unborn fetuses during pregnancy, and to help doctors find tumors and diagnose problems with the eyes, veins and arteries and the nervous and digestive systems. Several schools in the Philadelphia area offer the specialized training and certification required for a career in sonography.
Sanford Brown Institute of Technology
The Sanford Brown Institute is located in Trevose, on the border of Northeast Philadelphia. Founded in 1866, their programs focus on a technology-centered, hands-on approach to learning taught by professionals in each field. Students in their Allied Health Diagnostic program can study sonography in preparation for the certification exam. Coursework consists of anatomy and physiology classes that include practical analysis of each organ's sonographic pattern, as well as diagnostic imaging training to help identify diseases and problems in the body's organs.
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Albert Einstein Medical Center offers students interested in diagnostic sonography the opportunity to enroll in a non-degreed program in at their School of Radiologic Technology. The school is operated in a teaching hospital that performs over 190,000 diagnostic exams annually, and in addition to learning ultrasound technology, students will study a variety of other imaging techniques (including magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography).
Training consists of classroom lectures, laboratory work and clinical rotations. The program has accreditation from the Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology. After completing twenty-four months of coursework and practical training, students will receive a certificate in Radiologic Technology.
Jefferson University
Jefferson University offers two programs for students interested in studying ultrasound technology. Students who already possess a bachelor's degree can enroll in their one-year advanced placement program. Enrollees without a bachelor's can study in Jefferson's two-year multi-competency program. Upon completion of either track of study, students will receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Radiologic Sciences.
Both programs combine laboratory instruction and clinical rotations with a comprehensive plan of coursework that includes training in a number of diagnostic techniques, including cardiac and vascular sonography, nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. Coursework also includes preparation for the national exam.
The Bachelor of Science program is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and each radiologic discipline receives accreditation separately from its respective national governing organization (for example, the nuclear medicine program receives accreditation from the Joint Review Committee on Education Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology).
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