Sonography Summary

In the article, Role of B-Color and Resolution Sonography Presets for the Diagnosis of Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis, a study was conducted by ARDMS- certified sonographers who used an L9-3 linear probe on 284 patients (older than 18 years old) to test three modalities of sonographic imaging to determine if they would help spot an acute DVT during a lower extremity venous duplex. The three modalities used for this test was 2D imaging, resolution preset and B-color preset. Other variables/factors included in this study were age, sex, ethnicity, BMI, diabetes and hypertension. As a result, there were no major differences between the three modalities or the other factors when trying to predict a DVT in a patient. But, it was seen that if
There are many factors that influence the ability to determine a DVT, some of the major factors are an increased BMI, diabetes, gender, age, immobility, hypertension, surgeries, cancer and prior DVTs. Knowing some of the main risk factors for DVTs have helped sonographers determine how they wanted to conduct this study. As a result from the study, they have stated with all the research that was conducted to test the three modalities, that there has been not much done to determine whether “the capabilities of the alternative imaging presets available on most ultrasound machines in this diagnosis.” (pg 59). Nevertheless, they still need to do more research and use more patients in the study.
The article’s significance to the profession of Medical sonography was to help prove if imagining presets increased the ability to detect an acute DVT and the benefits of using sonography. They know that sonography has an important role when trying to diagnosis a DVT and want a way to accurately diagnosis a patient. A DVT is a blood clot that will appear as an echogenic mass within the vessel and in sonography, DVTs are important to detect because if left untreated in a patient can cause serious damage or even