Diagnostic Ultrasound Courses & Descriptions
DUTEC 101 Concepts of Patient Care • 3 CR
Develops patient care and communication skills required in sonography. Students discuss legal, ethical, and psychological aspects of patient care as well as professional issues and concerns. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program.
DUTEC 105 Pathophysiology I • 3 CR
Introduces pathogenesis: the sequence of events in the development of a disease. Students focus on pathological conditions affecting the abdomen and identifiable with diagnostic imaging techniques. An extensive review of normal physiology is also presented. Prerequisite: BIOL& 241 (prev BIOL 260) and BIOL& 242 (prev BIOL 261) and acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 106 Pathophysiology II • 3 CR
Continues Pathophysiology I, with focus on the disease process and disease states relevant to obstetrics, gynecology, and neurology. Prerequisite: DUTEC 105 and acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 107 Human Cross-Sectional Anatomy • 7 CR
Covers the human anatomy from the cross-sectional perspective in longitudinal, transverse, coronal, and oblique planes. Students analyze correlations with clinical diagnostic imaging techniques. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 110 Ultrasound I: Abdominal Scanning & Techniques • 4 CR
Presents basic concepts and terminology, as well as scanning protocols for the ultrasound examination of the abdomen. Topics include both normal and pathological states. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 112 Pathophysiology III • 3 CR
Continues Pathophysiology II, emphasizing the physiology and pathology of the cardiovascular and the peripheral vascular system. Prerequisite: DUTEC 105 and DUTEC 106 and acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 113 Pathophysiology IV • 3 CR
Continues Pathophysiology III, emphasizing the physiology and the pathology of the cardiovascular and cerebral vascular system. Prerequisite: DUTEC 105, and DUTEC 106 and DUTEC 112 and acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 120 Ultrasound II: Obstetrics & Gynecological Tech • 5 CR
Presents current theory and scanning techniques for medical sonographers, focusing on obstetrics and gynecology procedures and pathologies. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 130 Ultrasound III: Small Parts/Intraoperative Tech • 3 CR
Presents the anatomy and pathophysiology of small human body parts. Intraoperative scanning focuses on surgical procedures. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 135 Ultrasound Equipment I • 3 CR
Introduces knobology and annotation for state-of-art diagnostic ultrasound equipment and prepares student for hands-on live scanning. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 145 Ultrasound Equipment II • 4 CR
Introduces hands-on live scanning in cardiac, vascular, and gynecological applications. Students prepare for hospital-based live scanning on patients. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 150 Basic Echocardiography • 3 CR
Covers basic ultrasound scanning techniques of the heart. Students focus on anatomy, physiology, pathology, and echocardiographic pattern recognition. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 155 Ultrasound IV: Echocardiography • 3 CR
Continues basic echocardiography. Students concentrate on Doppler echocardiographic techniques and congenital heart disease as relating to the practice of adult echocardiography. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 160 Ultrasound V: Peripheral Vascular Scanning Tech • 3 CR
Presents current theory and scanning techniques for medical sonographers. Students learn Doppler techniques used to diagnose peripheral vascular and cerebral vascular disease. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 165 Ultrasound Equipment III • 3 CR
Provides hands-on ultrasound scanning experience in the student’s clinical specialty area. Competency is required before beginning the clinical practicum. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 170 Ultrasound Physics & Instrumentation I • 3 CR
Covers acoustical physics, including heat energy, light and sound, wave theory, reflection, refraction, resonance, tissue interaction, transducers, bioeffects, and computers in ultrasonics. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 171 Ultrasound Physics & Instrumentation II • 3 CR
Continues DUTEC 170. Topics include Doppler effect, Doppler techniques, acoustic power, fluid dynamics, and quality assurance procedures. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 180 Advanced Studies: General Ultrasound • 3 CR
Examines issues relating to the clinical practicum in abdominal and obstetrics/gynecology. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 181 Advanced Studies: Echo-Vascular • 3 CR
Examines issues relating to the clinical practicum in echocardiology and vascular technology. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program, or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 210 Clinical Practicum I • 15 CR
Provides clinical experience in an ultrasound department under the supervision of a sonographer. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program and completion of all prerequisite coursework with a grade of C or better.
DUTEC 220 Clinical Practicum II • 15 CR
Provides additional clinical experience in an ultrasound department under the supervision of a sonographer. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program, completion of all prerequisite course work with a grade of C or better, and DUTEC 210.
DUTEC 230 Clinical Practicum III • 15 CR
Provides additional clinical experience in an ultrasound department under the supervision of a sonographer. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program, completion of all prerequisite coursework with a grade of C or better, and DUTEC 210 and DUTEC 220.
DUTEC 240 Clinical Practicum IV • 15 CR
Provides additional clinical experience in an ultrasound department under the supervision of a sonographer. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program, completion of all prerequisite coursework with a grade of C or better, and DUTEC 210, DUTEC 220, and DUTEC 230.
DUTEC 250 Ultrasound Physics for Mammographers • 3 CR
Covers acoustical physics, including the concepts and principles of sound transmission, and the utilization of high frequency sound to produce images for diagnostic purposes. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program; or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 251 Breast Ultrasound for Mammographers • 3 CR
Reviews anatomy and physiology of the breast. Includes orientation to cross-sectional imaging of the breast, correlation with mammographic images, and characterization of normal and abnormal findings from a sonographic viewpoint. Prerequisite: DUTEC 250 or permission of Program Chair.
DUTEC 252 Ultrasound Equipment/Knobology for Mammographers • 2 CR
Introduces the ultrasound system. Includes detailed descriptions of essential parts of the ultrasound system using a variety of ultrasound machines, classroom demonstrations of system operations and technique, and some practice on the systems. Prerequisite: DUTEC 251 or permission of Program Chair.
DUTEC 269 Physics Review • 2 CR
Prepares student for certification exams by reviewing physics and ultrasound instrumentation. Students focus on mathematical analysis and physics theories. Prerequisite: Acceptance into program or permission of program chair.
DUTEC 299 Individual Studies in Diagnostic Ultrasound • V1-12 CR
Provides clinical experience in a diagnostic imaging facility under the direction of a medical sonographer, doctor of medicine or osteopathy, or associate research fellow. Prerequisite: Permission of program chair.