This course is designed for veterinary surgeons with limited or none experience of diagnostic ultrasound. By the end of the course, you should be able to achieve a medium level of proficiency in the practical scanning of the normal abdominal organs.

Advice will be given on how to choose the proper ultrasound machine for your practice.

The aim of the course is to provide to the participants the basic knowledge of setting the ultrasound machine and performing an abdominal ultrasound

Physics of ultrasound: Basic principle of ultrasonographic image formation

Ultrasonographic unit: transducer and setting

Semeiology and artifacts

General principles of abdominal US examination

Ultrasonography of the Liver, Spleen and Lymph nodes

Ultrasonography of the gastrointestinal tract and reproductive tract

Ultrasonography of the Adrenal glands

Ultrasonography of the urinary tract: Kidneys, Urinary Bladder

The useful ultrasonographic measurements needed to make a diagnosis

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