Course Intro
One Day Basic Veterinary Echocardiography Ultrasound Course
Content
- Machine and physics:
- Ultrasound terminology
- Machine hardware and software for echocardiography
- Image generation – the different types of Modes
- Basic Doppler physics
- Cardiac scanning methods:
- Patient positioning
- Obtaining standard views
- Cardiac evaluation:
- Subjective assessment
- Measured values
- Normal versus common pathological conditions in dogs and cats
- We will be focusing mostly on the views and measurements that are more easily and practically obtained and useful in practice, rather than trying to master a complete scan in one go.