Diagnostic Imaging
Diagnostic Imaging: Diagnostic Ultrasound I
waiting list open
Luxembourg
23.06.2025 – 27.06.2025
EURO 3.190.-*
EURO 3.090.-*(early registration deadline: 01.04.2025)
* eLibrary access is included in the course fee
Total hours: 40
ATF hours (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland): TBA
ECTS credits (Master & Certificate): 5
Program Director/
Principal Course Master:
Prof. Dr. Patrick Kircher, DECVDI (CH)
Course Master:
Dr. Ewa Stańczyk, DECVDI (PL)
Dr. Susanne Thamke (DE)
Dr. Lea Carisch (CH)
Dr. Tatjana Chan (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, 23 June 2025
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, 24 June 2025
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, 25 June 2025
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, 26 June 2025
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, 27 June 2025
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