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	Title	Date Approved
View	Guidelines for Cleaning and Preparing External- and Internal-Use Ultrasound Probes Between Patients & Safe Handling and Use of Ultrasound Coupling Gel	3/25/2018
View	Training Guidelines for Advanced Clinical Providers in Women's Health Performing and Interpreting Limited Obstetric Ultrasound	3/25/2018
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Detailed Fetal Anatomic Ultrasound Examinations	3/25/2018
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Fetal Echocardiographic Examinations	3/25/2018
View	Statement on Preventing Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders	11/4/2017
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians, Chiropractors and Other Licensed Medical Providers Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Examinations	11/4/2017
View	AIUM's Role in the Legislative Arena	3/29/2017
View	Live Scanning for Educational Purposes	3/29/2017
View	Policy Regarding Endorsements, Recognition, and Collaboration	3/29/2017
View	Recognition of ACEP "Ultrasound Guidelines: Emergency, Point-of-care, and Clinical Ultrasound Guidelines in Medicine"	3/29/2017
View	Safe Use of Therapeutic Ultrasound	3/29/2017
View	Statement on Ultrasound Billing	3/29/2017
View	Statement on the Safe Use of Doppler Ultrasound During 11-14 week scans (or earlier in pregnancy)	10/30/2016
View	Conclusions Regarding Epidemiology for Obstetric Ultrasound	10/30/2016
View	Guidelines for Hands-on Scanning in Pregnant Subjects During AIUM-Sponsored Educational Activities	10/30/2016
View	Recommended Maximum Scanning Times for Displayed Thermal Index (TI) Values	10/30/2016
View	Statement on Data Needed to Characterize Ultrasound System Output	10/30/2016
View	Statement on Mammalian Biological Effects of Heat	10/30/2016
View	Statement on Measurement of Fetal Heart Rate	10/30/2016
View	Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Ultrasound Practices	10/31/2015
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Obstetric Ultrasound Examinations	10/31/2015
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Abdominal/General Ultrasound Examinations	10/31/2015
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Breast Ultrasound Examinations	10/31/2015
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Thyroid/Parathyroid Ultrasound Examinations	10/31/2015
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Ultrasound Examinations of the Female Pelvis	10/31/2015
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Urologic Ultrasound Examinations	10/31/2015
View	Definition of Physician Supervision for Ultrasound Practice Accreditation Standards	3/25/2015
View	Employment of Credentialed Sonographers	3/25/2015
View	Interpretation of Ultrasound Examinations	3/25/2015
View	Statement on Mammalian Biological Effects in Tissues with Gas Body Contrast Agents	3/25/2015
View	Statement on Mammalian Biological Effects in Tissues with Naturally Occurring Gas Bodies	3/25/2015
View	Statement on Mammalian Biological Effects in Tissues Without Gas Bodies	3/25/2015
View	Statement on Mammalian Biological Effects of Ultrasound In Vivo	3/25/2015
View	Recognition of American College of Rheumatology Certification	11/2/2014
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians and Chiropractors Who Perform Ultrasound-Guided Musculoskeletal Interventional Procedures	11/2/2014
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Ultrasound Examinations of the Head and Neck	11/2/2014
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Perform Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia	11/2/2014
View	As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) Principle	4/2/2014
View	Carotid Screening in the Asymptomatic Patient	4/2/2014
View	Limited Obstetric Ultrasound	4/2/2014
View	Nonoperative Spinal/Paraspinal Ultrasound in Adults	4/2/2014
View	Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) Ultrasound Examinations	4/10/2013
View	In Vitro Biological Effects	4/1/2012
View	Keepsake Fetal Imaging	4/1/2012
View	Prudent Use and Clinical Safety	4/1/2012
View	Prudent Use in Pregnancy	4/1/2012
View	Safety in Training and Research	4/1/2012
View	Statement Regarding Mathematical Tissue Models	4/1/2012