Linking To And Embedding MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound’s “Ocular Ultrasound Basics: Anatomy and Biosafety”

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Tom Wade MD

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Today, I review, link to, and embed MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound’s Ocular Ultrasound Basics: Anatomy and Biosafety.

All that follows is from the above resource.

Ocular Ultrasound Basics: Anatomy and Biosafety

Apr 25, 2025 Guardians of the Sound
In this lecture from our Ultrasound Grand Rounds, Dr. Sandy Werner, MD talks about ocular ultrasound discussing basic anatomy and biosafety when scanning eyes.
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7:56 You need an ophthalmology setting on your machine so that you don’t exceed the safe TI and MI.
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13:05 Warning Use only eye settings. Don’t use the MSK setting in the picture below:
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