For all of you practicing ultrasound out there, I thought I would talk about abdominal ultrasound on weekly basis. It's a discipline that requires a lot of skill, and the more cases you see, the better. One part is being able to get the images you would like, and the others are recognizing what you … [Read more...]
Helical CT Protocols and Pitch
There's nothing better than seeing the insides of the body part you are interested in in fine detail. When you use CT a lot, you get to know about how physics affects your image quality. Once everyone has a 64 slice helical machine, we won't have to worry about tweaking the protocols to get the most … [Read more...]
Known Case Conference
Tonight we had some good thorax cases, including one of a 3 year old cat that was missing for three months, and turned up dyspneic. The thoracic radiographs showed an increased soft tissue opacity throughout the lungs. The pattern was mixed, with a prominent bronchial component and multiple … [Read more...]
CT for large patients
CT is an excellent imaging modality for looking inside the body. It is a cross-sectional technique, meaning that the images of a volume of the body are seen as consecutive slices (think loaf of sliced bread). CT machines are manufactured for people, and the ones situated in veterinary hospitals are … [Read more...]
Known Case Conference
One evening a week, our group gets together to read known cases. That is, they are known to the faculty member who brought them, but unknown to everyone else. It's a forum for the radiology residents to practice oral case reading style, and to see lots of cool images. We get a great turnout, from … [Read more...]
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