Guidance

AAA screening: ultrasound image quality guidance

Guidance for screeners, clinical skills trainers (CST) and internal quality assurance (IQA) leads on specific aspects of image quality and image QA review.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 9 July 2020
• Last updated: 22 July 2025
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  1. 22 July 2025

     Replaced Figure 5a

  2. 1 May 2025

     Re-worded info and used new images. Added new guidance for CSTs/IQA to address difficulty in accurately measuring aortic diameter.

  3. 7 October 2024

     Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

  4. 9 July 2020

     First published.

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AAA screening: ultrasound image quality guidance

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This document includes information on factors affecting image quality, categories of image quality and capturing and reviewing images.