Clinical Doppler in Fetal Heart Imaging: Techniques and Interpretation
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Course Overview
This course equips ultrasound professionals with essential skills to optimize Doppler use in fetal echocardiography. Participants will learn key techniques for acquiring and interpreting Doppler waveforms, understand hemodynamic patterns in common fetal heart conditions, and apply best practices to improve diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes.
Objectives
By the end of this session, ultrasound professionals will be able to:
Explain the role of Doppler ultrasound in fetal echocardiography and its contribution to assessing cardiac structure and function.
Identify appropriate clinical indications for Doppler use in fetal cardiac evaluation.
Describe optimal timing for Doppler assessment during gestation and its relevance to diagnostic accuracy.
Select and apply the correct Doppler modality—Color, Pulsed Wave (PW), Spectral, or Power Doppler—based on the clinical question.
Optimize ultrasound machine settings (PRF, gain, wall filter, angle, gate size) to obtain accurate and reproducible Doppler waveforms.
Recognize and interpret normal versus abnormal Doppler flow patterns in fetal cardiac and extracardiac structures.
Target Audience
Physicians
Sonographers
Others who perform and/or interpret ultrasound
Faculty & Disclosure
Faculty
Lashell Jones RDMS, RDCS
Disclosure
In compliance with the Essentials and Standards of the ACCME, the author of this CME tutorial is required to disclose any significant financial or other relationships they may have with commercial interests. Jason Cox MD and Lashell Jones RDMS-RDCS discloses no such relationships exist. IAME has assessed conflict of interest with its faculty, authors, editors, and any individuals who were in a position to control the content of this CME activity.
Credits
* AMA PRA Category 1™ credits are used by physicians and other groups like PAs and certain nurses. Category 1 credits are accepted by the ARDMS, CCI, ACCME, and Sonography Canada.
Course Details
Accreditation
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Sonographers: These credits are accepted by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), Sonography Canada, Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), and most other organizations.
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