{"id":670,"date":"2015-02-25T12:02:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T17:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/?p=670"},"modified":"2015-02-25T12:02:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T17:02:48","slug":"quick-concepts-transducer-notch-and-image-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/index.php\/2015\/02\/25\/quick-concepts-transducer-notch-and-image-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Concepts: Transducer Notch and Image Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-1127 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/orientation-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"orientation\" width=\"208\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/orientation-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/orientation.jpg 713w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/>Our subject discussion today is <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">basic, but at the same time critical<\/span><\/strong> to performing ultrasound studies. Interpreting orientation is no doubt, second-nature to many experienced medical professionals; however, it is important to <!--more-->recall that simple errors in ultrasound studies can lead to errors in diagnostic differentiation and\/or medical intervention.\u00a0 This reminder can be viewed as cautionary or complimentary\u2026<strong>What we do MATTERS.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A month never passes without the appearance of a news article (usually in \u2018<em>Health<\/em>\u2019 or \u201c<em>Oddly Enough<\/em>\u201d) detailing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/HEALTH\/10\/18\/health.surgery.mixups.common\/\">botched operation or procedure<\/a> involving a mistake in orientation.\u00a0 Anecdotally, some patients are so concerned about this potential error that they resort to marking their bodies in advance of a procedure with descriptive wording like \u201c<strong>Right Leg<\/strong>\u201d, \u201c<strong>Wrong Arm<\/strong>\u201d, or \u201c<strong>Start Here<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1128\" src=\"https:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Notch-Orientation-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Notch Orientation\" width=\"314\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Notch-Orientation-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pegasuslectures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Notch-Orientation.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/>While such incidents are extremely rare, the underlying cause is most often a breakdown in scanning procedural protocols, either on an X-ray, MRI, CT or ultrasound studies.\u00a0 So especially to those among you entrusted with mentoring young scanning professionals, please keep in mind that <strong>what \u201ceverybody knows\u201d is frequently not known by everybody.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/test.pegasuslectures.com\/faculty\/frank_miele.php\">Frank Miele, MSEE \u00a0President, Pegasus Lectures, Inc.<\/a>, <em>graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College with a triple major in physics, mathematics, and engineering. While at Dartmouth, he was a Proctor Scholar and received citations for academic excellence in comparative literature, atomic physics and quantum mechanics, and real analysis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v1178_Y9Ppc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our subject discussion today is basic, but at the same time critical to performing ultrasound studies. 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