Overview

The Diagnostic Medical Sonography Major is offered by Oregon Institute of Technology. Sonography is commonly associated with obstetrics and the use of ultrasound imaging during pregnancy, but this technology has many other applications in the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions throughout the body.

Key Facts

Viewing the screen during the scan, sonographers look for subtle visual cues that contrast healthy areas with unhealthy ones. They decide whether the images are satisfactory for diagnostic purposes and select which ones to store and show to the physician. Sonographers take measurements, calculate values, and analyze the results in preliminary findings for the physicians. Diagnostic medical sonographers may specialize in obstetric and gynecologic sonography (images of the female reproductive system), abdominal sonography (images of the liver, kidneys, gallbladder, spleen, and pancreas), neurosonography (images of the brain and other parts of the nervous system), breast Sonography, or additional areas of specialization. Obstetric and gynecologic sonographers specialize in the imaging of the female reproductive system. Included in the discipline is one of the more well-known uses of sonography: examining the fetus of a pregnant woman to track the baby's growth and health. Abdominal sonographers inspect a patient's abdominal cavity to help diagnose and treat conditions primarily involving the gallbladder, bile ducts, kidneys, liver, pancreas, spleen, and male reproductive system. Abdominal sonographers also are able to scan parts of the chest, although studies of the heart using sonography usually are done by echocardiographers. Breast sonographers use sonography to study diseases of the breasts. Sonography aids mammography in the detection of breast cancer. Breast sonography also is used to track tumors, monitor blood supply conditions, and assist in the accurate biopsy of breast tissue. Breast sonographers use high-frequency transducers made exclusively to study breast tissue (Bureau of Labor and Statistics, 2010).

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Musculoskeletal Sonography

Fetal Echocardiography

Neonatal Sonography

Pediatric Sonography

Human Anatomy
Chemistry

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-06-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-06-03 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2025-09-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-09-04 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2025-05-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2026-01-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-12-16 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2025-09-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2026-03-31 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-03-10 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2025-12-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2026-06-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

Klamath Falls, United States

Disciplines

Medical Imaging View 235 other Bachelors in Medical Imaging in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Submit your application

Pay the $50 Application Fee (must be paid when you submit your application)

Submit your university transcripts (for transfer students)

Submit your secondary school transcripts (for students with fewer than 36 quarter or 24 semester credit hours)

Submit your evaluated international transcripts

Meet an English language proficiency requirement

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Tuition Fee

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International

31890 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1063 USD per credit during 48 months.
National

31890 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1063 USD per credit during 48 months.
In-State

10020 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 334 USD per credit during 48 months.

Living costs for Klamath Falls

1676 - 2986 USD /month

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