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Machinery and Knobology
Major Objectives and Sub-Content:

1. Machinery
  • Key parts you will interact with
2. Transducer

  • Practical anatomy of the transducers
  • Types of transducer relevant to Internal Medicine
  • Field of View
  • Frequency
3. System Control - Basic
  • Imaging Modality
    • B-Mode
    • M-Mode
  • Image Manipulation
    • Gain
    • Depth
Key Message:

These are really all the knobology you need to know to use point of care ultrasound machines for indications encountered by Internal Medicine.

The main goal to familiar with these settings.  Hopefully, you will be able to translate and adapt this knowledge should you be using machines that are unfamiliar to you.
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