From August 13 to 16, 2020, the "14th Annual Congress of Ultrasound Physician Branch of Chinese Medical Doctor Association (CMDA) in conjunction with 2020 Chinese Congress of Physician in Ultrasound", hosted by CMDA and Chinese Ultrasound Doctors Association (CUDA), was held in Changsha, Hunan province. Department of Ultrasound of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi 'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) was successfully selected as one of "National Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound Training Bases", which is another milestone event in the field of ultrasound after becoming one of the five "Excellent Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound Affiliations" awarded by CUDA in May 2017 and organizing "Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound Serial Lecture (Xi 'an)" by CUDA in June 2019, signifying that the contrast-enhanced ultrasound technique of Department of Ultrasound has been widely recognized and approved by the specialists in the field of ultrasound and the department has become one of the first-ranking teams in China.
Under the leadership of Ruan Litao, Department of Ultrasound of has achieved significant progresses in contrast-enhanced ultrasound. The annual number of diagnostic cases has been significantly increased from less than 100 cases to thousands of cases, involving with almost all the tissues and organs, such as abdomen, chest cavity, superficial organs and blood vessels, which has considerably improved the diagnostic levels of ultrasound. The department attaches great importance to the education and training of contrast-enhanced ultrasound specialists, especially the training of young and middle-aged ultrasound doctors and ultrasound doctors from grassroots medical institutions.
In 2019, Department of Ultrasound was approved as "National Interventional Ultrasound Training Base" by CUDA of CMDA. The department has become one of the few affiliations claiming the titles of both two training bases in China, which showcases the significant achievements of the department in the novel field of ultrasound medicine in recent years.
