Diagnostic Imaging: Diagnostic Ultrasound I

Name: Diagnostic Imaging: Diagnostic Ultrasound I
Start: 2026-11-16T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-20T23:59:59+01:00
Location: Vienna, Austria

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Program Director:

Prof. Dr. Patrick Kircher, Dipl. ECVDI (CH)

Principal Course Master(s):

Prof. Dr. Patrick Kircher, Dipl. ECVDI (CH)

Course Overview

Important Note: The Diagnostic Ultrasound I course is meant for those who already have some practical experience in ultrasound. The aim is to sharpen the participant`s perception and to discuss ultrasound images of various pathological conditions.

Literature recommended by the course master: SMALL ANIMAL DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND by T. Nyland and J. Mattoon

Topics

• Abdomen
• Instrumentation / techniques / artefacts
• Approaches
• Interpretation
• Endosonography
• Biopsy / interventional sonography
• Diagnostic value of US compared to other methods
• General including abdominal wall
• Liver
• GI: including oesophagus and pancreas
• Urinary tract
• Genital
• Vascular including Doppler of arteries and veins
• Lymph nodes
• Adrenal

Course Program (Subject to change)

Monday, 16 November 2026

08:00 – 08:15 Registration / Welcome
08:30 – 09:15 General thoughts in abdominal ultrasound
09:15 – 10:00 Refresher: basic ultrasound physics
10:15 – 11:00 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 Lecture: The liver
11:00 – 13:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
16:00 – 16:30 Wrap up of the day

Tuesday, 17 November 2026

08:30 – 09:15 Lecture: Hepatobiliary system
09:15 – 10:00 Lecture: The pancreas
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 Lecture: The lower urinary tract
11:00 – 13:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
16:00 – 16:30 Wrap up of the day (Journal Club)

Wednesday, 18 November 2026

08:30 – 09:15 Lecture: The kidneys
09:15 – 10:00 Lecture: The spleen
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 The adrenals
11:00 – 13:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
16:00 – 16:30 Wrap up of the day (Journal Club)

Thursday, 19 November 2026

08:30 – 09:15 Lecture: The stomach
09:15 – 10:00 Lecture: The intestines
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 Lecture: The lymph nodes
11:00 – 13:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Wet lab / Case discussions
16:00 – 16:30 Wrap up of the day (Journal Club)

Friday, 20 November 2026

08:30 – 09:30 Lecture: Abdominal vessels
09:30 – 10:30 Lecture: Cats are not small dogs
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Case presentations
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 13:45 Why storing images – and how
13:45 – 14:45 Case presentations
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:45 Take home messages