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26/09/2024

If any of my vet friends are attending BSAVA Alba In Glasgow on 27th & 28th September, pop by the QMS Veterinary stand to have a wee chat and discover more about our veterinary imaging products and services.

Not going to be able to make it, but still want to get a new scanner, contact us on: [email protected] visit www.qms-vet.com or call 01981 433117

20/08/2024

Thanks to Sinead and the team at Ark Veterinary Centre in Ewell for welcoming me to their surgery for a great training session in their Esaote MyLab scanner. We went through the controls and how to best optimise the image in B Mode, M Mode and Colour before having a practical session in both abdominal and cardiac imaging. The vets were getting some great cardiac views in both long and short axis and by the end of the session were able to fine tune colour to monitor the cardiac bloodflow.

Even if you have been using ultrasound for a while, it's still worth learning more about the controls of your ultrasound scanner and unlocking it's true potential. Too many surgeries aren't getting the most out of their equipment, one of the comments I keep hearing is 'I never knew our scanner could do that'. One of our sessions could help you to understand your scanner and allow you to confidently use more of its features to assist with an accurate diagnosis.

For more information, or to book a session visit www.ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk or email [email protected] We train on all makes and models of scanners and cover the whole of the UK

11/06/2024

It's been a busy wee while lately, with multiple training sessions at Willows Vet Hospital in Hartford, Northwich. Really great groups which resulted in fun, interactive sessions with some great feedback...

"Incredibly helpful, I had no idea how much better we could utilise our machine. This is as important as learning the actual scanning technique on a practical scanning cpd day! "

"Excellent tuition! Very informative for everyday practical use of our machine"

"Very good. Learnt about features that we never knew our Ultrasound machine had!"

Thanks to everyone who made me feel so welcome at the hospital and making the days so enjoyable. Visit www.ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk if you feel you need help to drive your ultrasound scanner, optimise the images and get the most out of it.

08/05/2024

Ultrasound Scanner Training were out and about last week carrying out training at the Watkins & Tasker Veterinary Group sites in Portishead, Yatton & Nailsea. Brilliant, interactive sessions with the vets, who were all keen to learn how to use and get the best out of their Esaote MyLab and SIUI Healthcare scanners.

Some very kind words from Group Medical Lead, Mario Amaral, 'It was a very good CPD, highly recommend it. Fraser's knowledge and friendly approach helped me, and my team get the most out of our ultrasound machine, helping us optimise image quality, and even showing us some new features I wasn't aware our machine could do. This course helped me put into practice the clinical knowledge I've gained through my small animal diagnostic imaging certificate, by using our ultrasound machine to its full potential. As I said at one point "life changing". Very useful and practical.'

To book a training session for your surgery, call 07795322354 or email [email protected]. Head to our website for further information on the services provided https://ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk/services/

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25/04/2024

Ultrasound Scanner Training were at The Pet Vet in Rotherham, a great day showing the vets how to get to grips with the controls on their Philips IE33 scanner. The system has microconvex and phased array probes and although it's possible to do some basic cardiology with a microconvex probe, it's always better to have the correct tools for the job and a phased array probe make such a difference to your cardiac imaging. A phased array probe will also utilise some imaging modes on your scanner that abdominal probes don't, such as Continuous Wave Doppler and Tissue Doppler Imaging.

If you're looking for some training on your scanner, or for advice on which probes to get to increase the flexibility of your system, call 07795322354, or email [email protected]. Our website also has a host of hints and tip about driving your scanner https://ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk/blog/

18/03/2024

Ultrasound Scanner Training carried out another great training session for Willows vet Group, this time with the vets at Holly House Vets In Knutsford. We spent the session explaining the principles of ultrasound and covering the controls in B/2D mode, M mode and colour Doppler on their Esaote MyLab X5 scanner, providing a clear understanding and allowing the vets to optimise the image effectively.

To book a training session for your surgery, call 07795322354 or email [email protected]. Head to our website for further information on the services provided ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk/services/

12/03/2024

Brilliant training session at Toll Barn Veterinary Centre Limited in North Walsham recently, Faye and the team made me so welcome, it really is a pleasure to be doing this job. Some really nice words from them too afterwards.

08/03/2024

Ultrasound Scanner Training had a brilliant day training the vets at Beech House Vets and Laurels Vets, part of the Willows Vet group, earlier this week on their GE Logiq E and Esaote MyLab series scanners. It's great seeing that moment when there's an understanding of how to get more out of their equipment and no longer wondering 'what does that button do?' Loads of smiling faces and a great atmosphere makes teaching vets how to drive their scanners so rewarding.

If you have any questions about any of the controls or settings on your scanner, how to optimise the image or to book a training session, please get in touch. Call me on 07795322354 or email [email protected]. Head to our other blog pages for further information, hints and tips at https://ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk/blog/

19/02/2024

Ultrasound Scanner Training recently visited Connaught House Vets in Kingswinford to carry out a training session for the team on their Philips IU22 and GE logiq E scanners. A really enojoyable and interactive session covering the basic principles of ultrasound, B-Mode, M-Mode and Colour doppler imaging was followed by a practical session where we put everything into practice........It wont be long before we can do a more advanced session!

If you would like to discuss 'driving lessons' for your ultrasound scanner, please email me on [email protected] or call me on 07795322354, alternatively visit our website www.ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk and see what we can offer you.

16/01/2024

Brilliant training session at Seren Vets in Carmarthen, great fun. Thanks for your testimonial. If you're looking for lessons on driving your ultrasound scanner please get in touch by email at [email protected] or call us on 07795322354. More information available at www.ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk

05/01/2024

A Highland Fling

Ultrasound Scanner Training had a great end to the year with an enjoyable drive through the stunning scenery of Rannoch Moor and Glencoe, (with the obligatory stop for breakfast at the Green Welly Stop) for our final training visit of 2023 at Ben Nevis Vets in Caol, Fort William. A really warm welcome from the surgery was followed by a relaxed and interactive training session with all the vets on their Sonoscape P20 scanner. We went through the basic principles and spent time explaining image optimisation in B-mode, followed by sessions with Colour Doppler and M-Mode and ending the day with a practical session putting everything into practice.

Feedback from Kenny Lang BVM&S PGCert(SAS) MRCVS, Co-Director of the practice was great, “Our recent in-practice training day with Fraser was a great success and very well-received by all our vets and vet-student too. He clearly has a lot of experience and knowledge and his easy-going manner, patience and persistence meant the time passed quickly and we were all happily absorbed in listening, learning and doing. We will definitely have Fraser back again next year to help to improve the service we can offer to our clients and the satisfaction we get from not just doing it, but doing it better!”

If you have any questions about any of the controls or settings on your scanner, how to optimise the image or to book a training session, please get in touch. Call me on 07795322354 or email [email protected]. Head to our other blog pages for further information, hints and tips https://ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk/blog/

08/12/2023

Another great testimonial, this time from Sutton in Ashfield, where we carried out a training session with the vets, showing them how to get the best out of their ultrasound scanner in various imaging modes

For hints and tips on getting the most out of your scanner visit the blog page on my webiste www.ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk/blog/

14/11/2023

Ultrasound scanner Training recently visited the Sutton in Ashfield branch of Vets4Pets to carry out a scanner training session with the team. A really warm welcome from all the staff at the surgery was followed by a great session teaching the vets and nurses how to get to grips with the controls for B Mode, M Mode and Colour Doppler on their Esaote MyLab Six scanner. At the end of the day everyone was starting to use more of the controls with confidence and were becoming proficient in optimising the image.

If you have any questions about any of the controls or settings on your scanner or need advice on how to optimise the image, please get in touch. Drop me an email [email protected] or call me on 07795322354, I’m always happy to chat and answer your questions. See more hints and tips at www.ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk

07/11/2023

Seren Vets Ultrasound Scanner Training

Ultrasound Scanner Training recently made the pilgrimage to South Wales to visit Seren Vets in Carmarthen, a superb modern independent surgery set up by Katy Peak and Kevin Jones which opened its doors in November 2022. The surgery have a Sonoscape P50 Elite colour doppler scanner with a range of probes and it was a pleasure to carry out a training session on the scanner with the vets at the site, a great team who helped make the session fun. Thanks also for the cakes and coffee! For more information about Seren Vets, have a look at their website www.serenvets.co.uk

If you have any questions about any of the controls or settings on your scanner or need advice on how to optimise the image, please get in touch. Drop me an email [email protected] or call me on 07795322354, I’m always happy to chat and answer your questions. See more hints and tips at www.ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk

01/11/2023

Using Anatomical M-Mode

Just a quick tip this time. Many ultrasound users trying some basic cardiology and starting to use M-mode for fractional shortening calculations often struggle to get the correct orientation of the heart in short axis to allow you to get the M-mode line to drop nicely between the papillary muscles. Very often the heart is rotated slightly meaning the M-mode line is never in the right position, resulting in inaccurate calculations. On many scanners there is a solution, although it would be better to try to align the heart correctly when possible…

Anatomic M-Mode or AMM allows you to move the rotation point and angle of the M-mode line to allow you to ‘fit' it in the correct position between the papillary muscles. Firstly, it's very important to make sure the short axis view of the left ventricle (LV) is at the correct level and that it's nice and round. If you can see the white dots of the chordae tendinae at the tip of the papillary muscle you are pretty much at the correct level, if you can only see one papillary muscle correctly or the LV is oval you may need to rotate your probe ever so slightly to make the LV round and make both papillary muscles visible.

Switch on normal M-Mode and use your trackerball to position the ‘blob' on the M-mode line into the centre of the LV, use the AMM angle control on your scanner to rotate the M-mode line until it's in the required position. Be aware, the more angle correction you apply the ‘fuzzier' the M-mode trace will appear, your scanner will also have a limit of AMM angle that can be applied. You can still take relevant cardiac measurements using the analysis package on your scanner and the calculations will be correct as they take into account the AMM angle being applied.

If you have any questions about any of the controls or settings on your scanner and how to optimise the image please get in touch. Drop me an email [email protected] or call me on 07795 322354, I'm always happy to chat and answer your questions. Visit www.ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk for more hints and tips.

27/10/2023

QMS Veterinary now have the fantastic new SIUI Healthcare V75 scanner available in the UK. Utilising the new Realview+ user interface the V75 is a feature packed yet easy to use scanner offering superb image quality and value for money, for more information on the scanner click the link https://www.qms-vet.com/products/siui-v75 . To celebrate being announced as a new Siui Distributor QMS Veterinary will be offering special introductory offers on their range of Siui scanners over the next couple of months. Be sure to get in touch with them by email at [email protected] or call them on 01981 433117

17/10/2023

We're getting more and more great feedback about our ultrasound scanner 'driving lesson' sessions, here's one from my visit to Woolton Vets in Liverpool last week. Call me on 07795322354 or visit www.ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk and see what we can offer you.

12/10/2023

Another day, another training visit! This time Ultrasound Scanner Training visited Woolton Vets in Liverpool, a fantastic independent surgery run by Sarah and Alex McVey who have owned the practice since 2018. We held separate sessions tailored for the vets and a shorter more basic session for the nurses, on their portable colour doppler Siui CTS1000 Neo scanner. It was great training such an interactive team who really were keen to learn about using their scanner correctly to get the most out of it and increase their skills.

If you have any questions about any of the controls or settings on your scanner, how to optimise the image or even if you are looking for advice on the purchase of additional probes to increase the flexibility of your system, please get in touch. Drop me an email [email protected] or call me on 07795322354, I’m always happy to chat and answer your questions. See more hints and tips at www.ultrasoundscannertraining.co.uk

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Once you've got to grips with standard B Mode (2D imaging), you may start to feel confident to use the Colour Doppler function on your scanner, either in the abdomen to confirm blood flow or in a cardiac study. Due to the differing blood flows between an abdominal and cardiac scan it is important that you choose the correct preset on your scanner for the job. Not only will the analysis and reporting functions be different, but the background setting for each imaging mode will differ and, if you use the wrong settings, you will really compromise your scan. That said there are adjustments you will make as you carry out the Colour Doppler study to optimise for the patient. Head over to the following blog post https://lnkd.in/eVni_Ne8 on our website which provides details on making basic adjustments in colour doppler imaging. There a many other blog posts on the site to help you optimise your imaging, feel free to have a browse For more information and guidance on how you can start understanding more about driving your ultrasound scanner and getting the best out of it, visit https://lnkd.in/eYRterFc or email [email protected] to arrange a training session. #ultrasound #training #veterinary #vetimaging #imaging #medicalimaging #ultrasoundscannertraining #imagingequipment #cpd #vetcpd #understandingfocus #focusyourimage #colourdoppler #colourflow

Focussing your image You do it without thinking when you take a photo, yet very few people adjust the focus on their ultrasound scanner when scanning a case. Adjusting the focus on an your scanner is normally really easy to do and will help with the quality of your image, so make it one of your four major adjustments in every scan. There are two adjustments that can be made with the focus control: • Adjustment of the focal zone size – your scanner will have the ability to either add additional focal zones and then space them out to give a larger focal zone, or to use a rotary control to increase the size of the single focal zone. The number of focal zones or size of zone is usually indicated by markers on the side of the image (see bar on right hand side of image in video clip). One compromise of using a larger focal zone will be a reduced frame rate, which may make the image look blurry or laggy, particularly if the patient is moving or wriggling. If this is the case, reduce the size of the focal zone. There are other adjustments such as persistence (frame averaging), line density or even scan width that can help reduce the ‘blurriness’ of the image. • Adjustment of the focus position – a control on the scanner will allow the position of the focal zone to be moved up and down the image. It’s important to position this at the level, or even just a bit below the structure of most interest in the image. If the main interest is closer to the skin move the focus up and if it’s deeper move the focus down. You will notice the image quality of the structure of interest improving when the focal zone is aligned with it. Be prepared to alter the size and position of the focal zone during the scan as you move the probe over the patient. By using the four main controls (Depth, Focus, Frequency and Gain) during the scan, you will learn how to quickly and efficiently optimise the image quality to get better diagnostic scans. There are a huge number of other ad