Breast ultrasound training scheme

[Evaluation of the nationwide DEGUM breast ultrasound training program].

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality standard of the nationwide breast ultrasound training program of the German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM) through objective parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS 10 quality criteria, based on the recommendations of The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), were defined for this study. All training...

Affordable Ultrasound Training Simulator

Ultrasound diagnostic skills for medical students and professionals are becoming increasingly important as ultrasound technology has become more portable and effective, but the training to develop these skills is also very expensive due to cost of equipment and the requirement of a human subject. Our goal is to create an inexpensive computer-based augmented reality training simulator to supplem...

Overseas Doctors Training Scheme.

The Overseas Doctors Training Scheme was estab lished by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in August 1989. Feedback from trainees placed in post has indicated that their early experience in the UK could have been eased had they been able to attend an induction course which addressed their specific needs. In response to this the Overseas Liaison Com mittee decided to hold their first induction ...

Advances in Breast Ultrasound

Though till now in guide lines of early detection of breast carcinoma indications for breast ultrasound are restricted in this sense, already in the eighties of the 20th century, the capability of breast ultrasound went far beyond this limits (Hackelöer et al., 1986 ). In contrast to mammography ultrasound is able to generate a detailed map of the anatomic structure of the breast. Because of th...

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