The Society's newsletter, SDMS News Wave, is published in an electronic-only (PDF) format on the SDMS website. Articles appearing in the June 2010 issue of SDMS News Wave include:

1. Sonographers Playing an Expanding Role in Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Disease
2. License to Scan: Oregon Board of Medical Imaging Announces Licensing Requirements
3. SDMS Foundation Scholarship and Grant Recipients
4. Upcoming SDMS Webinars
5. SDMS Product Spotlight: Vascular Sonography
6. SDMS Fellow Spotlight
7. ARDMS Podcasts and Videos
8. June iPod Touch Winner
9. SDMS Benefit Spotlight
10. Celebrate Sonography 2010
11. New Member Scan
12. 2010 SDMS Annual Conference Registration Now Open
13. SDMS Welcomes New Members

NOTE: These headlines link directly to SDMS News Wave in Adobe PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or later. You can download a free copy at the Adobe website.

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The SDMS Webinar Series is a series of live or recorded CME presentations delivered via the Internet to SDMS members conveniently to their home or work computer. Using your computer and a phone, you have access to exciting information presented by world-class sonographers. The SDMS Webinar Series is available FREE to current SDMS members.

Even you are unable to participate in these live webinars, you can still view a recording of the webinar.

SDMS Sonography Puzzles

SDMS Sonography Puzzles are a series of online crossword and word search puzzles that sonography educators can incorporate into their educational programs or can be used by students and sonographers just for fun. The puzzles are interactive and a fun way to learn sonography-related terminology.

The newest puzzle is titled Fluid Dynamics

Call for Puzzles!
You can help by becoming a contributor to SDMS Sonography Puzzles. Submit your word lists (or make it a project for your students or co-workers to submit) and SDMS will convert each word list into both a crossword and a word search puzzle.

The News & Notes column includes links to web-based news articles of interest to sonographers. The articles do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of the SDMS. To submit articles, send the URL to webmaster@sdms.org.

• Sonographer credited with saving baby's life
  http://lacrossetribune.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/article_ed7b7b70-78b0-11df-be96-001cc4c002e0.html



• Bursting bubbles to treat cancer
  http://www.tcetoday.com/tcetoday/NewsDetail.aspx?nid=12903



• New Technique Prevents Need for Many Breast Biopsies
  http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6181226-new-technique-prevents-need-for-many-breast-biopsies



• Ultrasound increases graft tissue cell viability
  http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/display/article/113619/1597693