Diagnostic Imaging: Ultrasonography Introduction

Name: Diagnostic Imaging: Ultrasonography Introduction
Start: 2026-05-09T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-13T23:59:59+02:00
Location: Prague / CZ

Registration open

Principal Course Master(s):

Dr. Edoardo Auriemma, Dipl. ECVDI (IT)
Dr. Giuseppe Lacava, Dipl. ECVDI (IT)

Instructor(s):

Dr. Dario Nappo DVM, Dip ECVDI
Dr. Filipe Armada DVM
Dr. Silvia Rabba DVM, Dip ECVDI
Dr. Valentina Piola DVM, Dip ECVDI

Course Overview

The objectives of this course are to provide participants with a basic knowledge of ultrasound image formation and current technology, and to perform routine abdominal ultrasonographic examination in dogs and cats.

Topics

Basic principle of ultrasonographic image formation
Ultrasonographic unit: transducer and setting
Semeiology and artifacts
General principles of abdominal US examination
Liver Spleen and lymph nodes
Kidneys
Female genital tract
Urinary bladder, male genital tract
GIT, Pancreas and Adrenal glands
Introduction to US guided biopsies and aspiration
Doppler principles
Abdominal vascular anatomy

Course Program (Subject to change)

Saturday, 9 May 2026

09:25 – 09:30 Registration – Welcome
09:30 – 10:30 Basic principles of ultrasonographic image formation, transducer and settings
10:30 – 11:00 General principles of abdominal ultrasonographic examination – ultrasonographic report
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:15 Abdominal vascular anatomy
12:15 – 12:30 Lab (Introduction to US machines)
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 – 15:30 Lab: performing abdominal ultrasonography I
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Lab: performing abdominal ultrasonography II
18:00 – 19:00 Welcome aperitivo

Sunday, 10 May 2026

09:00 – 10:30 Lab: performing abdominal ultrasonography III
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Lab: performing abdominal ultrasonography IV
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 – 15:15 Liver
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:15 Spleen and lymph nodes

Monday, 11 May 2026

08:30 – 10:00 Gastrointestinal tract and pancreas
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:30 Lab gastrointestinal tract and pancreas
11:30 – 12:30 Adrenal glands (lecture and lab)
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 – 15:30 Urinary tract
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Male and female genital tract (lecture and lab urinary and genital tracts)
Evening Social Dinner

Tuesday, 12 May 2026

09:00 – 09:45 US-Doppler principles
09:45 – 10:30 Introduction to ultrasound guided biopsies
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Lab: vascular anatomy – US guided biopsies on “agar-phantom”
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Computer labs: clinical case studies
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Computer labs: clinical case studies