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Small Animal Ultrasound
(WCVM - SK)

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Ultrasonography in veterinary practice will become as common as running a CBC! Make your investment in equipment worthwhile by understanding the full potential of this valuable service.

PROGRAM FACULTY
Tawni Silver BSA DVM MS
Associate Professor of Medical Imaging
WCVM, University of Saskatchawan

Basic Abdominal Ultrasound - Module 1

• Ultrasound Basics You Can Use!
  Physics, “Knobology”, and Probe selection
  A practical hands-on approach to learning how to use the ultrasound machine, optimize the image, and decrease artifacts.
• Ultrasound Imaging Artifacts: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Abdominal Anatomy: Anyway you look at it, it’s a good review!
• How Fast is a “FAST” Ultrasound? – Emergency Use
• Organ systems: Is there pathology or not? (Including case studies)
  • Hepatobiliary system – includes hepatic, extra-hepatic and portal vasculature, gallbladder and ducts, and hepatic parenchyma
  • Spleen – ultrasound techniques and findings
  • Urinary system – Kidneys, Urinary Bladder and Prostate
  • Reproductive system – Uterus, Testicles and Ovaries
  • Gastrointestinal Tract – The long and winding road (stomach)

Intermediate Abdominal Ultrasound - Module 2

• Gastrointestinal Tract – The long and winding road (Small and large intestines).
• Intra-Abdominal Glands and Lymph Nodes:
• Pancreas and its pathology
• Adrenal Glands
• Abdominal Lymph Nodes
• Cervical examination: The thyroid gland, salivary glands and more…
• The Non-Cardiac Thorax – It’s not just a lot of hot air!
• Musculoskeletal:
• Shoulder (Biceps bursa and tendon)
• Tendons – Getting a gander at the gastrocnemius!
• and Stifle
• Let’s sample it! Biopsy techniques
• Includes hands-on lab
• Ultrasound Basics You Can Use! A “Knobology” Review
• An interactive, problem solving, session designed to answer your technical questions and review image optimization