Giant Cell Arteritis (also known as Temporal Arteritis) is a rheumatological emergency that can lead to blindness and stroke. Diagnosis is challenging due to variations in presentation and diagnostic tools. Temporal Artery Biopsy (TAB) has long been considered the gold standard, but it is invasive and expensive. Ultrasound is emerging as an effective non-invasive tool that can either replace or complement TAB. A Fast-Track Giant Cell Arteritis Clinic at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in the United Kingdom, established three years ago, has utilized ultrasound as a diagnostic alternative to TAB.

• Gain a deeper understanding of Giant Cell Arteritis: what it is, how it presents, and how it is diagnosed.
• Review the ultrasound diagnostic protocol for Giant Cell Arteritis.
• Understand the challenges of Giant Cell Arteritis ultrasound and learn diagnostic tips from the 3-year experience of a Fast-Track Giant Cell Arteritis Clinic.

1 VT SDMS CME Credit
Previously offered at 2024 Vascular Virtual Seminar

Angie M. White, MSc, RDMS, RVT, PgCert (MSK US)
Practice Educator, University College London Hospital

This presentation will discuss the etiology of a pseudoaneurysm and review the risk factors for developing pseudoaneurysms, explore the causes, and how they develop.

• Identify the etiology of pseudoaneurysms.
• Evaluating pseudoaneurysms with ultrasound.
• List the treatment and management options for pseudoaneurysms.

1 ​VT SDMS CME Credit
Previously offered at 2024 SDMS Virtual Conference

Lonette Spence, DHSc, RVT
Assistant Professor and Ultrasound Lab Manager
Nova Southeastern University

What is the difference between the various types of elastography? What are the new terms for fatty liver? How is liver elastography used clinically? This presentation will answer these questions as it discusses the role of elastography in fatty liver disease.

• Discuss the differences between transient elastography (TE) and Acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography.
• Discuss the new nomenclature for fatty liver disease.
• Describe the progression from fatty liver to cirrhosis.

1 AB SDMS CME Credit
Previously offered at 2024 Abdominal+ Virtual Seminar

M. Robert DeJong, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, FAIUM, FSDMS
Owner, Bob DeJong, LLC.

This informative presentation on hernia ultrasound, will delve into the intricacies of this unique pathology and discuss how sonography can impact the diagnosis. Designed for healthcare professionals, sonographers, and medical imaging enthusiasts, this session aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of hernia ultrasound procedures, interpretations, and clinical applications.

• List the types of hernias found in the abdomen and pelvis.
• Identify the characteristics of each type of hernia.
• Describe the sonographic findings of each hernia.

1 AB SDMS CME Credit
Previously offered at 2024 SDMS Virtual Conference

Angelena Zehm, MEd, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
DMS Program Director, Keiser University
New Port Richey, Florida

Telemedicine is an expanding field in healthcare. While ultrasound is not typically a facet of healthcare one thinks of when discussing telemedicine, we do have a place in the field. Sonographers can, and do, work remotely. There are many regions where there are gaps in access to healthcare, especially with specialists. Remote advanced practice sonographers are helping coach sonographers across the United States to provide high level scanning to all their patients and offer them services they may not be able to otherwise receive.

• Explore the role of sonography in telemedicine.
• Discuss the role of an advanced practice sonographer.
• Overview of how sonography in telemedicine is helping to improve access to care, outcomes, and patient satisfaction.

1 OT SDMS CME Credit
Previously offered at 2024 SDMS Virtual Conference

Cherish Hockey, BS, RDMS
Senior Advanced Practice Sonographer
Access TeleCare

Occupational burnout has been documented among health care workers; however, the research continues to be limited regarding burnout among sonographers. The aim of this presentation is to give an overview of sonographer burnout and its implications, thus raising awareness and sharing possible solutions such as educational programs and interventions.

• Discuss occupational burnout, what it is, and what the implications are for healthcare workers.
• Determine if sonographers are burned out.
• Solutions towards development of educational programs and interventions

1 OT SDMS CME Credit
Previously offered at 2024 SDMS Virtual Conference

Veneta Callpani, MA, RDMS, MHC-LP
Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Clinical Coordinator
Department of Diagnostic Medical Imaging
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Historically, ultrasound isn't usually the first modality used to assess fractures. However, there are many instances where it may be the initial modality in an investigative workup to assess a patient's symptoms. The increased resolution, ability to target an area of concern, comparison with a contralateral limb, and its relative availability make it a useful complement to radiographs. This presentation will demonstrate the appearance of discrete fractures and highlight more subtle fractures, as well as secondary characteristics that may help radiologists determine additional imaging modalities. There will also be examples of more subtle bony pathologies, which may mimic fracture-like symptoms. This presentation may be useful for those looking to extend their musculoskeletal assessments beyond common tendon routines and will highlight when one should become more aware of the possibility of a bony pathology.

• Review sonographic appearance of bone and what a fracture looks like sonographically.
• Identify secondary characteristics which may help one to identify subtle fractures.
• Learn about some bony pathologies one may encounter when performing MSK ultrasound.

1 ​MSK SDMS CME Credit
Previously offered at the 2024 Abdominal+ Virtual Seminar

Luke McLeod, RMSKS, RDMS, CRGS
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
Mayfair Diagnostics

Accessory muscles and tendons are fairly common throughout the human body. They look like typical anatomy, but they are in atypical locations. Most commonly, they are asymptomatic incidental findings, but occasionally they can be a palpable mass, an impingement on peripheral nerves, or useful as surgical grafts. This presentation summarizes accessory muscles and tendons encountered over the past 10 years with the goal of shedding light on their common and uncommon locations.

• Recognize common locations where one may see an accessory muscle and tendon
• Identify areas of possible peripheral nerve impingement
• Observe the appearance of accessory muscles and tendons

1 MSK SDMS CME Credit
Previously offered at the 2023 MSK Virtual Seminar

Luke McLeod, RMSKS, RDMS, CRGS
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
Mayfair Diagnostics

This presentation is designed to present novel ways to remember essential echocardiographic concepts that are very necessary but hard to remember.

• Understand the importance of knowing LV wall segments and coronary artery distribution.
• Provide novel and interactive ways of remembering and retaining practical echocardiographic information with pre and posttest components.
• Define the importance of knowing cardiac embryology with practical educational demonstration.

1 ​AE SDMS CME Credit
Previously offered at the 2024 SDMS Virtual Conference

Joy Guthrie, PhD, ACS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, FSDMS, FASE
Advanced Practice Sonographer and Program Director
Community Regional Medical Center Diagnostic Medical Sonography and Advanced Cardiac Sonography Programs
Fresno, California

This presentation will focus on echo protocols regarding focused views and measurements in patients with significant pathology, along with its clinical signs and symptoms.

• Enhance exam quality by focusing on the indication for an exam by acquiring the necessary views and measurements.
• Form quick guidance to interpret the echocardiographic information and how it relates it to the clinical context.
• Employ critical thinking and clinical assessment to triage patients or exams.

1 AE SDMS CME Credit
Previously offered at the 2024 SDMS Virtual Conference

Farhana Kinlaw, RDCS, RCS, RCCS
Lead Cardiac Sonographer
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center

Current professional guidelines recommend that obstetric sonographic screening of the fetal heart in the second and third trimester includes views of the four chambers, left and right ventricular outflow tracts, three vessel and three vessel tracheal view, as well as the aortic and ductal arches and vena cavae when indicated. Knowledge of operating and utilizing color Doppler in the evaluation of the fetal heart is a useful skill for sonographers to increase the quality of cardiac images, and aid in detection and proper diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities in utero. This presentation will identify technical considerations for color Doppler of the fetal heart, as well as examine the appearance of both color and pulsed wave Doppler in specific cardiac views. Additionally, cases of fetal heart abnormalities where color and pulsed wave Doppler images are beneficial for diagnosis and treatment of the obstetric patient will be investigated.

• Identify advantages of and technical considerations for utilizing color Doppler in fetal heart evaluation.
• Examine appearance of color Doppler in specific fetal cardiac views and recognize normal parameters of pulsed wave doppler in fetal heart valves.
• Investigate cases with fetal heart abnormalities where color and pulsed wave doppler are beneficial for diagnosis and treatment.

1 ​FE SDMS CME Credit
Previously offered at the 2024 OB/GYN Virtual Seminar

Angela Butwin, MS, RDMS (OBGYN, FE, AB), RT(R)
Sonographer, Women’s Imaging
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Pelvic Congestion Syndrome (PCS) is an under-recognized and under-diagnosed condition which can cause debilitating chronic pelvic pain due to varicosed veins in the pelvis. The gynecological sonographer plays an important role in the diagnosis of PCS, awareness of the condition, and its appearances to the patient pathway.

• Understand the symptoms and current guidelines regarding PCS.
• Review the sonographic appearances of PCS.
• Review the current treatment methods and post treatment sonographic appearances.

1 ​OB SDMS CME Credit
Previously offered at the 2024 SDMS Virtual Conference

Angie M. White, MSc, RDMS, RVT, PgCert (MSK US)
Practice Educator
University College London Hospital