{"id":125,"date":"2019-03-28T13:15:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed2.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:49:41","slug":"ultrasound","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/divisions\/clinical-divisions\/ultrasound\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultrasound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tabs-15\" class=\"shortcode-tabs \"><ul class=\"tab_titles\">\n<li class=\"nav-tab\"><a href=\"#tab-1\">Interpretive Quick Links<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-tab\"><a href=\"#tab-2\">Resident Education and Duties<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-tab\"><a href=\"#tab-3\">Policies &amp; Clinical Operations<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-tab\"><a href=\"#tab-4\">Educational Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"tab tab-interpretive-quick-links\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>1st &amp; 2nd Trimester US<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/10\/US-early-dev.png\">Early development- image &amp; lexicon table<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/10\/US-preg-location.png\">Pregnancy Location- image table<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/10\/US-early-loss.png\">Early loss- image table<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/10\/US-summ-terms.png\">Summary of Terms to use<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thyroid<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tiradscalculator.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TI-RADS Calculator<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><!--\/.tab--><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"tab tab-resident-education-and-duties\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/02\/goals-and-objectives-Ultrasound-November-2020-final-2-9-21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curriculum, Goals &amp; Objectives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/02\/Resident-Ultrasound-Guide-2-9-21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resident Ultrasound Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><!--\/.tab--><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"tab tab-policies-clinical-operations\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/05\/Ultrasound-Policies-Combined-updated-04142023.pdf\">Ultrasound Policies DHMC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/nonemergent_request.doc\">Nonemergent ED US Request Form<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/divisions\/clinical-divisions\/ultrasound\/chaperone-policy\/\">Chaperone Policy for Ultrasound Exams<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/After-Hours-OB-US-Notification-Policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After Hours OB US Notification Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><!--\/.tab--><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"tab tab-educational-resources\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"edu-top\"><\/div>\n<nav class=\"edu-submenu\" aria-label=\"Ultrasound educational resources\"><a href=\"#hepato\">Hepatobiliary<\/a><span class=\"sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"#repro\">Reproductive<\/a><span class=\"sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"#pregnancy\">Pregnancy<\/a><span class=\"sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"#thyroid\">Thyroid<\/a><span class=\"sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"#gu-gi\">GU &amp; GI<\/a><span class=\"sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"#vascular\">Vascular<\/a><span class=\"sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"#top-ten\">Top Ten<\/a><span class=\"sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"#misc\">Misc<\/a><span class=\"sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"#med-students\">Med Students<\/a><\/nav>\n<h3 id=\"hepato\">Hepatobiliary<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/rg-311105093.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doppler Ultrasound of the Liver<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/07\/LI-RADS-US-Abd-Rad-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LI-RADS for Ultrasound<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"return-top\"><a href=\"#edu-top\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"repro\">Reproductive<\/h3>\n<h4>Female Reproductive<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/Adnexal_mass_consensu.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consensus Report on Adnexal Masses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/06\/Adnexal-Cysts_-SRU-Cons.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Managing Simple Adnexal Cysts-SRU consensus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/10\/O-RADS-JACR-Andreotti.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACR O-RADS reporting lexicon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/doi\/10.1148\/rg.345130135\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US of Acute Female Pelvic Pain: Test Your Knowledge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/07\/Laing-US-Ovary-and-Adnexa-Radics-2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US of the Ovary\/Adnexa; to worry or not to worry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/07\/Langer-Female-Pelvis-Imaging-Radics-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imaging the female pelvis over the life cycle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/07\/Paltiel-US-female-pedi-pelvis-Rad-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultrasound of the pediatric female pelvis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Male Reproductive<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/Testicular-Microlithiasis-AJR-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Testicular Microlithiasis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/07\/Avery-Scrotal-emergencies-Radics.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultrasound of Scrotal Emergencies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"return-top\"><a href=\"#edu-top\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"pregnancy\">Pregnancy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/09\/Lexicon-1st-tri-US.pdf\">Lexicon for 1st Trimester US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/Normal-and-Abnormal-US-Findings-in-Early-First-Trimester-Pregrnancy-2012-Concensus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultrasound Findings in 1st Trimester Pregnancy: SRU 2012 Consensus Recommendations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/do\/10.1148\/rg.2018180065.pres\/full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultrasound Findings in 1st Trimester Pregnancy: RadioGraphics Fundamentals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2020\/06\/AIUM-2nd-tri-morphology-atlas.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlas of Normal 2nd Trimester US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/2nd_trimester_ultrasound_summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultrasound in 2nd\/3rd Trimester<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/Non-viable-pregnancy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Findings of Non-viable Pregnancy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/US_findings_in_ectopic_pregnancy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Findings in Ectopic Pregnancy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/doi\/10.1148\/rg.341125127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imaging Review of Abnormalities of the Umbilical Cord<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/do\/10.1148\/rg.2018180065.pres\/full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Findings of First-Trimester Pregnancy \u2013 Radiographics Fundamentals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/do\/10.1148\/rg.2016160080.pres\/full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ectopic Pregnancy: A Trainee's Guide to Making the Right Call<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/07\/Atypical-ectopics.-AJR2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atypical ectopics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"return-top\"><a href=\"#edu-top\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"thyroid\">Thyroid<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/TI-RADS_white_paper.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TI-RADS White Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2025\/07\/ACR_TI-RADS_Atlas.pdf\">TI-RADS Atlas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"return-top\"><a href=\"#edu-top\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"gu-gi\">Genitourinary &amp; Gastrointestinal<\/h3>\n<h4>Kidneys<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/doi\/full\/10.1148\/rg.255045133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complications of Renal Transplantation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Urinary Tract<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/Pre_postnatal_Urinart_Tract_Dilatation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Classification of Pre and Post Natal Urinary Tract Dilatation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>GI<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/07\/Jeffrey-Non-vis-appendix-AJR.2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reasons for Non-visualization of Appendix<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/07\/Muradali-US-GI-disease-Radics-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultrasound of GI Tract Disease<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"return-top\"><a href=\"#edu-top\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"vascular\">Vascular<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Carotid\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"youtube_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r5XhVVL6dDE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultrasound of the Carotid Arteries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"web_link\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/doi\/10.1148\/rg.256045013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonographic Examination of the Carotid Arteries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/doi\/suppl\/10.1148\/rg.2015140124\/suppl_file\/2015140124supp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doppler US Case based Quizes \u2013 Radiographics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"http:\/\/imaging.onlinejacc.org\/content\/jimg\/7\/2\/200.full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manifestations of Cardiac Disease in Carotid Duplex<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/Advanced_Carotid_US_2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carotid US: More than just a chart on the wall<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kidneys\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1148\/rg.2017160060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radiologic Assessment of Native Renal Vasculature: A multimodality review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Liver\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1148\/rg.297095715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understanding Spectral Doppler of the Hepatic Veins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/doi\/full\/10.1148\/rg.311105093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doppler US of the liver made simple<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"return-top\"><a href=\"#edu-top\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"top-ten\">Radiographics Top Ten<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/page\/radiographics\/rgteam\/top10_gynecologic\">Gynecologic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"return-top\"><a href=\"#edu-top\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"misc\">Miscellaneous<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/do\/10.1148\/rg.2019190008.pres\/full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Perform an Ultrasound Exam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/07\/US-inguinal-canal-radics-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultrasound of the inguinal canal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2025\/11\/Basic-neonatal-head-ultrasound-.pdf\">Ultrasound of the neonatal head<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2025\/11\/Basic-neonatal-head-ultrasound-.pdf\">Basic neonatal head ultrasound<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"return-top\"><a href=\"#edu-top\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"med-students\">Medical Student Learning &amp; Artifacts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/07\/links_online_learning.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Links to Online Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/04\/US_artifacts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clinical Significance of US Artifacts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsna.org\/doi\/10.1148\/rg.294085199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Artifacts \u2013 RSNA Education Exhibits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"pdf_download\" href=\"https:\/\/radiology.uchicago.edu\/sites\/radiology.uchicago.edu\/files\/uploads\/Lectures\/1505012_UCCME%20Radiology_Review.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Primer and Clinical Significance of Artifacts in Ultrasound<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"return-top\"><a href=\"#edu-top\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div><!--\/.tab--><\/p>\n<p>\n<div class=\"fix\"><\/div><!--\/.fix-->\n<\/div><!--\/.tabs-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","author-9"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3193,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125\/revisions\/3193"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}