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About half of ultrasound technology graduates say they are interested in additional credentials to widen their job options, according to a small survey conducted by LeAnn Maupin, Med, RT, RVT, FASA, FSVU, a professor of vascular technology at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls. Speaking to the annual meeting of... Read more

In this week's news feature, we offer background on an exciting new opportunity to learn the nuchal translucency screening from one of the nation's leading specialists, Naomi Greene. She is director of accreditation for the Fetal Medicine Foundation in the United States, one of the organizations that provides sonographers... Read more

In our latest weekly feature, we explore the issues that face kidney dialysis patients and the vascular surgeons who place and maintain the vascular access for dialysis. As Mint Medical Director Dr. John Bry notes, the failure of a fistula or access graft means having to place a new... Read more

The second set of appropriate use criteria for peripheral vascular ultrasound, covering venous imaging, is expected to be published very soon, reported Joseph Hughes, RVT, RVS, at the Society for Vascular Ultrasound annual meeting in San Francisco on June 1. Hughes, who is Regional Operations Manager for Navix Diagnostix, Inc. in... Read more