Ultrasound Physics & Instrumentation
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Pegasus Lectures Physics and Instrumentation
Independent Learning Program
CME ENDURINGMATERIAL INFORMATION
Faculty
Frank Miele, MSEE
President, Pegasus Lectures, Inc.
Frank 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.
After completing his graduate work, Frank was awarded
the Ruth Goodrich Prize for Academic Excellence. After
co-teaching a course in digital electronics at Dartmouth,
Frank was a research and design engineer and project
leader, designing ultrasound equipment and electronics
for more than ten years. In that role, Frank designed the
hardware for the first parallel processing color Doppler
system, created a Doppler system platform, designed
HPRF Doppler, created the first released adaptive
ultrasound processing technique, designed transcranial
Doppler and transcranial imaging, worked on multiple
transducer project teams, and performed extensive clinical
trial testing and research.
Frank has been the vice president of Research and
Development and chief scientist for a medical device
company investigating ultrasound related hemodynamic
based measurements. As a researcher and designer
of ultrasound, he has lectured across the country to
sonographers, physicians, engineers, and students on
myriad topics. Frank has authored the Ultrasound &
Physics Instrumentation Independent Learning Program,
produced multiple educational videos, created exam
simulation programs, as well as created the patented
analysis algorithm method and apparatus for evaluating
educational performance (Patent No. 7,286,793). Frank has
served as an author and Co-Chief editor for the ASCeXAM
Simulation Review CD in conjunction with the American
Society of Echocardiography. He has also served on the
faculty for the Society of Vascular Ultrasound and Society
of Vascular Surgery and is credited with several ultrasound
and medical device patents, trade secrets, and publications.
Purpose and Target Audience
This activity is designed to familiarize sonographers,
technologists and physicians with the physics and
instrumentation concepts employed in diagnostic
ultrasound and provide a method to prepare for
ultrasound physics credentialing exams and/or
accreditation. It will be of interest to, but not limited
to, radiologists, cardiologists, neurologists, vascular
surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, anesthesiologists,
and/or physicians providing interpretation of diagnostic
ultrasound, preparing for accreditation, and/or desiring
to improve their understanding of ultrasound physics.
Medium
Printed Text
Online Supplemental Materials
Objectives
Upon completion of the activity, the participant should be
able to:
Define areas of strengths and weaknesses in their
understanding of ultrasound physics.
Comprehend the effect of system controls and
transducer parameters on the diagnostic quality
of an ultrasound image.
Demonstrate improved understanding of
ultrasound physics and how physics can affect the
integrity of a diagnostic image.
Demonstrate improved interpretative skills
for diagnostic ultrasound, Doppler and
hemodynamic variables.
Demonstrate improved preparation for the
ultrasound physics credentialing exam.
CME Instructions
Specific CME information and instructions can
be found within 5e Online Extras at:
Estimated time to complete this educational activity:
35 hours
