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Exam Requirements: Pediatric Ultrasound Accreditation

Pediatric Neurosonology

Coronal gray scale images to include:

• Frontal lobes anterior to the frontal horns of the lateral ventricles

• Frontal horns or bodies of lateral ventricles and interhemispheric fissure

• Lateral ventricles at level of lateral and third ventricles

• Lateral ventricles slightly posterior to the foramina of Monro, where the lateral and third ventricles communicate

• Level of quadrigeminal plate, quadrigeminal cistern and cerebellum

• Echogenic glomi of choroid plexuses at posterior aspect of the lateral ventricles at level of trigones

• Posterior to occipital horns

Sagittal gray scale images to include:

• Midline sagittal images to include corpus callosum, cavum septi pellucidi, and cavum verge if present

• Right and left parasagittal images of lateral ventricles including caudothalamic groove

• Right and left parasagittal images of lateral ventricles documenting choroid plexus

• Right and left parasagittal images of the insula

• Right and left parasagittal images of the Sylvian fissure and temporal lobe

Pyloric Stenosis

• Complete documentation in longitudinal

  • Gray scale images of the antrum and duodenal bulb in longitudinal

OR

• Cine clip of the antrum and duodenal bulb in longitudinal

• At least one static gray scale image of the antrum and duodenal bulb in longitudinal without measurement

• Documentation in transverse

  • Gray scale images of the pylorus in transverse  

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  • Cine clip of the pylorus in transverse
  • At least one static gray scale image of the pylorus in transverse without measurement

• Measurement of muscle thickness in both longitudinal and transverse planes

• Measurements of the length of the pyloric canal

Pediatric Hip

Exams should be correctly labeled to include organ/anatomy of interest, transducer orientation plane, side, and stress maneuvers

• Flexed coronal imaging outlining anatomic structures, including evaluation of femoral head coverage. The imaging should outline the ilium, transverse Y cartilage, ischium, labrum, and gluteal muscles, as well as the femoral head
• Flexed transverse images with and without stress. The images should show the ossified femoral shaft, the femoral head and underlying ischium. 
  • Without stress: at least one flexed transverse gray scale image of each hip
  • With stress: at least one static flexed transverse gray scale image with stress OR cine clip demonstrating flexed transverse with stress maneuver. 

Intussusception

• Evaluation should include the entire abdomen, right, left, and centrally, beginning in the epigastric region and extending into the pelvis

• Documentation of bowel loops, ascites and lymph nodes if present

• Positive examinations should document location where the intussusception is encountered

• Positive examinations should attempt to follow the intussusception to its termination, identifying lead points, such as ileal duplication cysts in infants, or lymphoma in older children, if present

• Positive examinations should identify and document ascites, if present, and fluid-filled dilated loops of bowel, indicating bowel obstruction, if present

• Color Doppler of the intussusception can be used to supplement the examination and assess degree of flow to the intussusceptum complex

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