Radiography of thorax, abdomen and musculoskeletal system

Radiography of thorax, abdomen and musculoskeletal system

by | Mar 19, 2023

Key Areas

  • Develop an effective and practical technique for reading radiographs of dogs and cats
  • Practice your radiograph reading skills using a large number of radiographic cases
  • Assess your improvement in radiographic interpretation at appropriate intervals through online assessment exercises

About this course

Struggling with knowing whether that white bit on the lung is really a problem? Worried that you might miss an intestinal obstruction of a foreign body? Wondering what is this funky looking lesion in the stifle? In other words – would you like to enhance your confidence in interpreting radiographs?

During this course, you will enhance your knowledge of small animal radiology, create your own radiographic reading technique and sharpen your skills at reading radiographs. A variety of radiographic cases will be used for individual review and group discussions. This will enable you to practice your reading technique and to share your experiences while enhancing your skills in assessing radiographs.

Why do this course?

At the end of this course you will have developed your own structured system of evaluating radiographs, acquired experience in reporting and diagnosing common and more challenging radiographic abnormalities and developed a logical approach to reading and interpreting a radiographic study.

DAY 1 – Radiography of Thorax

Time Title
09:00 – 09:15 Introduction
09:15 – 10:45 How to read radiographs: the technique
10:45 – 11:30 Practice cases: reading technique
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee/Tea break
12:00 – 12:30 Thoracic radiology: normal radiographic anatomy
12:30 – 13:15 Thoracic radiology: lungs
13:15 – 14:00 Practice cases: lungs
14:00 – 14:45 Lunch
14:45 – 15:30 Thoracic radiology: thoracic wall, diaphragm, pleural cavity, mediastinum
15:30 – 16:15 Practice cases: thoracic wall, diaphragm, pleural cavity, mediastinum
16:15 – 16:30 Coffee/Tea break
16:30 – 17:30 Practice cases: Thorax
17:30 Closing
DAY 2 – Abdomen and musculoskeletal radiography

Time Title
09:00 – 09:45 Abdominal radiology: normal radiographic anatomy
09:45 – 11:15 Abdominal radiology: Liver, spleen, gastrointestinal tract, Urinary tract, genital tracts, peritoneum
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee/Tea break
11:45 – 13:30 Practice cases: Abdomen
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 Musculoskeletal radiology
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee/Tea break
16:30 – 17:30 Practice cases: musculoskeletal
17:30 Closing

Radiography of Hip and Elbow dysplasia

by | Jan 2, 2023

This course is approved by GRSK and will cover the following subjects:

  • Introduction to hip dysplasia and elbow dysplasia.
  • Possibilities to reduce dysplasia: how can breeding influence the prevalence of HD and ED.
  • Radiographic technique – practical on how to take a proper radiographs for the assessment of the hip and elbow dysplasia. Quality evaluation of the radiographs for the HD and ED.
  • Explanation of different scoring systems.
  • Film reading session – scoring of the HD ED radiographs.

DAY1

Time Title
09.00 – 09.15 Welcome and Introduction
09.15 – 10.30 Introduction to hip dysplasia and elbow dysplasia
Possibilities to reduce dysplasia
How can breeding influence the prevalence of HD and ED
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00 How to take a proper radiograph for the HD assessment
12.00 – 13.00 How to take a proper radiograph for the ED assessment
13.15 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.30 Radiographic technique – practical
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 – 18.30 Film reading session on radiographic film quality

DAY2

Time Title
09.00 – 10.30 HD scoring systems / protocols
Radiographic findings and evaluation of HD
Scoring criteria and grading of HD
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 HD film reading individual work and group work
12.30 – 13.30 F.C.I. – Kennel Clubs, Breed Clubs – HD ED control
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.00 ED scoring system / protocol
Radiographic findings and evaluation of ED
Scoring criteria and grading of ED
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 ED film reading individual work and group work
18.00 – 18.30 Closing remarks