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	Bachelor's of Science in Vascular Ultrasound



	Armour Academic Center 600 S. Paulina Street, Suite 1001 Chicago, IL 60612				Kimberly Gaydula, BS, RVT Phone: 312-942-7286 Email: Kimberly_A_Gaydula@rush.edu


What is vascular ultrasound and what do vascular sonographers do? There are three major areas of diagnostic medical ultrasound: vascular, cardiac and general. In the vascular concentration, ultrasound is used to see and investigate essentially all of the major arteries and veins of the body, as well as measure blood flow velocity and pressure. Ultrasound is noninvasive; it does not invade the body by needle insertion or x-ray. The arteries, veins, pathology and flow characteristics can be seen and heard in real time on a monitor as the sonographer moves the transducer over the area of interest and sets the appropriate equipment controls to optimize the data. For more information about the field of vascular ultrasound, click on the "More" link below.


Curriculum The full-time,vascular ultrasound program consists of seven-quarters over 21 months. The first year has nine months (three academic quarters) of classroom and student laboratory experience. Senior year is one year of experience (four academic quarters) working with registered vascular technologists in a clinical setting. Clinical sites include the five university hospitals in Chicago, community hospital laboratories in the Chicago area, and out-of-state sites. For more information about the curriculum, click on the "More" link below.


Technical Standards The purpose of this information is to advise potential students of the functional expectations of the vascular ultrasound student during the program's classes, labs and clinical rotations. For more information about what is expected of students in the program, click on the "More" link below.

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What is vascular ultrasound and what do vascular sonographers do?

Curriculum

Technical Standards