Diagnostic Imaging: Ultrasonography Introduction
27/01/2027 - 31/01/2027 Prague / CZ
Diagnostic Imaging: Ultrasonography Introduction
Principal Course Master(s):
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)
Wednesday, 27 January 2027
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
Thursday, 28 January 2027
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
Friday, 29 January 2027
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
Saturday, 30 January 2027
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
Sunday, 31 January 2027
09:00 – 10:30 Computer labs: clinical case studies
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Computer labs: clinical case studies
Diagnostic Imaging: Ultrasonography Introduction
Date:
27/01/2027 - 31/01/2027Location:
Prague / CZVenue:
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Department of Veterinary Sciences Kamýcká 1327, 16500, Prague, Czech Republic
27/01/2027 - 31/01/2027Location:
Prague / CZVenue:
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Department of Veterinary Sciences Kamýcká 1327, 16500, Prague, Czech Republic
Tuition fee*:
TBA
Early registration fee*:
TBA
Early registration deadline:
Total hours:
40
ATF hours (AU, DE, LU, CH):
TBA
ECTS credits (Master & Certificate):
5
* eLibrary access is included in the course fee
