... At least in some countries (Norway, Denmark, Italy, perhaps Great Britain as well) there are no formal requirements for echocardiographers. In Norway, the...
Kjetil Lenes
kjelen@...
Jan 2, 2002 4:55 am
2874
... As far as Italy is concerned, "sonographer" positions are still exceptional and "experimental". P. Barbier Dr. Paolo Barbier, MD Centro Cardiologico...
Paolo Barbier
pbar@...
Jan 2, 2002 4:56 am
2875
Dear Mr. Chubuchny, as far as Germany is concerned we do not know the profession of an echo technician. Echocardiography is usually performed by the...
Lehn@...
Jan 2, 2002 4:56 am
2876
A question for the group... Does anyone have experience with getting a Vivid5 onto an Enconcert network? If so, have you found any problems with reliability...
Patrick D. Coon
prcoon@...
Jan 2, 2002 4:58 am
2877
... There is a formal accreditation examination and re-accreditation process every 5 years in the UK for both techs and doctors (the same). Adverts are...
Hi, we have had a Vivid 7 on trial recently. We were very impressed and the company are coming back tomorrow to network it to our new En concert !! ( this is a...
In Greece we don't have positions for echocardiographers. Cardiologists do and interpret the studies. In some big hospitals there are some usually w/o formal...
G.S.Filippatos, MD
geros@...
Jan 3, 2002 2:59 pm
2880
I read Jane and Paul Graham's question with interest. Our Cardiology department is combined with the Radiology Department. Radiology is about to go with GE...
Catania, Kathleen
Kathleen.Catania@...
Jan 3, 2002 7:14 pm
2881
... I can confirm the same situation for Belgium: 10-20 sonographers for the whole country. Mostly in academic centers and some regional hospitals with busy...
Daniel Vanhercke
echo@...
Jan 3, 2002 7:15 pm
2882
To the group, Anyone who has or is using "Freelands Accesspoint 2000" dgital viewing software, could you please let me know what you like and dislike ? Any ...
Kathleen T Freeman
kathleenfreeman@...
Jan 4, 2002 1:29 pm
2883
We have not tried mixing vendors, but we have GE/Vingmed's EchoPAC system (the Mac version), and the networking carachteristics of this have been a big...
Kjetil Lenes
kjelen@...
Jan 4, 2002 1:30 pm
2884
Could someone direct me to a source with regard to "training guidelines" for implantable devices?? thank you K freeman ...
Kathleen T Freeman
kathleenfreeman@...
Jan 4, 2002 5:32 pm
2885
Hi, as promised update on mixing of echo/networks ! Yesterday we networked a new vivid 7, a sonos 5500 to a Philips Enconcert network server !!!. The images...
There are currently two (2) echocardiographer positions available at Durham Regional Hospital in Durham, NC. If interested, call Special Services at ...
Tom/Dawn
whilaing@...
Jan 6, 2002 11:29 pm
2887
This message is not intended to undermine the services of medical technicians especially sonographers. In the case of medical imaging there has to be a clear...
Dear Dr. Thomas: While your message starts off by saying, "This message is not intended to undermine the services of medical technicians especially...
GersonSL@...
Jan 7, 2002 1:34 pm
2890
As one who is neither a physician nor a sonographer, but an echocardiography sales/marketing person who has spent thousands of hours (18 years) in all levels...
Marty Willow
mwillow@...
Jan 7, 2002 4:16 pm
2891
Gerson, I totally agree that sonographers can be better at echo than physicians. Several of our experienced sonographers are better than any of our physicians....
Edens, Erik
erik-edens@...
Jan 7, 2002 4:16 pm
2892
Subject: interpretation of linear echo in the left atrial cavity Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 14:01:34 +0100 From: Francesco Gentile <fgentile@...> To:...
Thanks to both Marty Willow and Dr. Edens for your input. I suspect that we may be encountering some of the international differences in both physician time...
GersonSL@...
Jan 8, 2002 1:57 pm
2895
This looks like an artifact. It is in the wrong place for cor triatriatum. Does the patient have a pacemaker?...
Ptrdoc@...
Jan 8, 2002 2:01 pm
2896
We are in the process of purchasing new Vivid 7 echo machines and an Acuson KinetDX system. Has anyone used this set up. I understand that it can be done as...
Moore, Brenda
bmoore@...
Jan 8, 2002 2:02 pm
2897
I think India, like Europe, has a whole different perspective on how medicine is practiced. I would bet if he came and spent any time over here as a...
Nicole Horve
NHorve@...
Jan 8, 2002 2:03 pm
2898
I would love to see your studies? Do you do all necessary measurements, pressures, tissue Doppler, colorflow m-mode, etc. to diagnose your patients or do you...
Hogan, Candy
candy.hogan@...
Jan 8, 2002 2:03 pm
2899
Subject: Re: [echocardiography] fwd:linear echo in the left atrial cavity Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:03:54 EST From: GersonSL@... To:...
DICOM isn't necessarily plug 'n play! DICOM is a huge set of specifications, and so-called DICOM-compliant machines never comply with every part of the...
Andrew Horning
ahorning@...
Jan 8, 2002 3:07 pm
2901
We have been using an ATL HDI5000 with our echopac network for ten months now. Our other machines are all Vingmed systems and transfer images and data direct...
martin_giles@...
Jan 9, 2002 4:00 pm
2902
Andrew, I totally agree. The way I see it, DICOM is not a specific format, but rather, a level of compliancy that systems must rise to in order to be called ...
