Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside?
Explore the science of ultrasound and its medical uses with Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside? Certification course.
Online
6 Weeks
Free Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
The Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside? certification by the University of Twente is aimed at providing students with a deeper understanding of ultrasound scans and how they work. This is a 6-week online course delivered via Futurelearn. The Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside? online course emphasise the uses of ultrasound while providing an understanding of ultrasound imaging from medical, technical, and technical medical perspectives. By pursuing this online certification course from the University of Twente via Futurelearn, learners will be able to develop their clinical knowledge and patient care.
The Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside? certification syllabus discusses the science of ultrasound and its clinical uses. The curriculum equips students with the understanding of ultrasound in medical practices, the technology behind ultrasound and other concepts. The Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside? training programme is open to all interested candidates who want to learn about ultrasound imaging, its application in medical practice and its technological background.
The Highlights
- 6 weeks
- 3 hours of learning every week
- Learning from subject-matter experts
- Certificate of completion
Programme Offerings
- Online Course
- Expert Faculty
- video lectures
- Course materials
- Certification
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | University of Twente, Enschede |
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside? online course, candidates must have a medical background. They should have studied mathematics and physics at the pre-university level.
Certification Qualifying Details
After completing the Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside? certification by the University of Twente via Futurelearn, participants will receive a certificate.
What you will learn
By the end of the Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside? certification by the University of Twente via Futurelearn, students will:
- Have an understanding of how ultrasound imaging works.
- Explore some of the key principles behind ultrasound imaging.
- Analyze the current developments in ultrasound imaging and find the new possibilities in this technology that may improve diagnostics.
- Learn to explain how medical images are built with ultrasound.
- Use technical background knowledge of ultrasound to improve patient care.
Who it is for
The Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside? certification course is ideal for medical students and practitioners, nurses, doctors, medical lab technicians and other professionals working with ultrasound.
Admission Details
Candidates interested in pursuing the Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside? training programme may check the following steps.
Step 1: Go through the official website - https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/ultrasound-imaging
Step 2: Register yourself by creating an account or using Facebook or Google account
Step 3: Choose your option (Buy this course or Join with limited access) to enrol in the course
Step 4: Start learning
The Syllabus
- Welcome to Week one
- Case I - The Intensive Care
- Case II - The Musculoskeletal System
- Case III - The Trauma Patient
- Case IV - Obstetrics
- Case V - Blood vessels
- End of week summary
- Welcome to Week two
- What is sound?
- How do we create sound?
- What happens when sound reaches human tissue?
- Summary of Week two
- Welcome to Week three
- How can we see human tissue?
- Doppler
- What determines our image?
- What can we do with our image?
- Summary of Week three
- Welcome to Week four
- What do we see?
- Advanced ultrasound options
- Special probe applications
- Summary of Week four
- Welcome to Week five
- Case I - Intensive Care
- Case II - The Musculoskeletal System
- Case teasers
- 3-D/4-D applications
- Mini case: Echocardiography
- End of Week summary
- Welcome to Week six
- Case III - The trauma patient
- Case IV - Obstetrics
- Case V - Blood vessels
- Tailor-made session
- End of the course summary
Instructors
University of Twente, Enschede Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Wiendelt Steenbergen, member of the Biomedical Photonic Imaging group, the University of Twente and Jordy van Zandwijk, Technical Physician, the University of Twente will be the course educators.
This online certification course is developed by the University of Twente, a young and entrepreneurial university in the Netherlands.
You need to visit the official course webpage https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/ultrasound-imaging) and click on the ‘Buy this course’ option to purchase the course.
When you purchase the Ultrasound Imaging: What Is Inside? training programme, you will get access to all course content, be able to discuss your learning in comments and test your performance.
You need to register yourself on the official website and then choose your option (Buy this course or Join with limited access) and start learning.