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Health Professions: Diagnostic Medical Sonography
The TCC Diagnostic Medical Sonography Associate in Applied Science Degree Program prepares sonographers to operate ultrasound equipment that uses sound waves to produce diagnostic images of selected
body organs.

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All about the Program:
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- Clinical education experience
- One of two general accredited Sonography programs in Virginia.
- Accredited by CAAHEP
- Graduates sit for the National Ultrasound
Registry Boards
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Ultrasound - View PowerPoint
- used to diagnose medical pathologies.
- uses high frequency sound waves to produce an image on a video
monitor.
- two-dimensional gray scale image is produced when
sound waves are reflected back toward the transducer from body
tissues.
The curriculum provides knowledge required to
- use ultrasound
equipment,
- identify cross-sectional anatomical parts, and
- identify
various pathologies.
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