- 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.
Panagiotis (Pete) Mantis graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1994. He completed a Diagnostic Imaging Residency at the Royal Veterinary College and then worked in first opinion practices and referral hospitals in London. He spent a year at the Swedish Agricultural University in Uppsala and in 2000 he moved to the Royal Veterinary College. He became Senior Lecturer in Radiology and remained at RVC until joining DWR in 2017. In 2019, he was appointed Head of Diagnostic Imaging. Pete is a European and RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He is a regular author, speaker and CPD tutor on small animal radiology, ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
| 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 |
| 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 |