How ultrasound can help to 'break the breed barrier'

The field of veterinary research can be challenging for a number of reasons. These include a lack of in-depth knowledge pertaining to certain medical conditions (and their symptoms and treatment), especially when compared to similar conditions in humans. Moreover, the great...

Dogs, Ultrasound and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

The role of ultrasound within the veterinary species has been discussed in detail in articles published previously on the Vet Image Solutions website. This week, the role of ultrasound in a condition that can affect the canine population called Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia...

The Series Begins...

Veterinary ultrasound is a vitally important tool for the practitioner in the diagnosis, and sometimes treatment, of a variety of animal-related conditions. The veterinary species alludes to a wide range of animals, including the more traditional cats and dogs to horses,...

Why you should love ultrasound

In homage to the upcoming 'day of love', otherwise known as Valentine's day I am going to briefly discuss the use of veterinary ultrasound for cardiac work. It is not just humans that can have echocardiograms - so can a wide variety of animals! The full version of this...

Making the switch to embryo transfer...good idea or not?

The advent of treatments such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and embryo transfer have helped many people to get pregnant in cases where a natural conception was not an option. The egg is fertilised outside the body in IVF, i.e. in vitro, whereas embryos are transferred...

Fighting the Stereotype

The strong association the stereotypical Einstein-like caricature retains with science cannot be shaken (type ‘scientist’ into Google Images). Nevertheless, the image of science is evolving…thanks to shows like ‘The Big Bang Theory’ and the inclusion of Tim...

PhD and Pregnancy - a good mixture?

One of the key questions for those studying pregnancy is how is the fetus (derived from both the mother and father) tolerated by the maternal immune system? If the fetus is considered a transplant, the paradoxical nature of pregnancy can be best understood. Namely,...

Ultrasound imaging and sexing, lizard style.

Animal breeders can face different obstacles when trying to establish a pregnancy. For the Gila lizard, successful breeding firstly requires accurate and reliable sexing, which can be carried out by veterinary ultrasound (www.vetimagesolutions.co.uk). Identification of...

Ultrasonography - what does the future hold?

Rapid progressions in our understanding of disease and pregnancy, alongside technological advances, have resulted in an abundance of uses for ultrasound imaging. The choice of ultrasound equipment available to the practitioner also ensures the needs of the patient will be...

Veterinary Ultrasound - what do you need to know?

For those specialised within the veterinary field, the limitations of working with animal species are all too clear. Human research has adopted the role of the ‘benchmark’ by which veterinary research is compared, despite the importance of the latter in its own right....

Is it possible to calculate gestational age in canine ultrasound?

One question I get asked a lot - and I am sure veterinarians and those running their own dog scanning business get asked a lot too - is if it is possible to tell the gestational age of a foetus through an ultrasound scan.While this is common place in human healthcare, when it...

New trends in ultrasound imaging: image fusion

This year's ECR in Vienna saw ultrasound become the next medical imaging medium to follow the trend of image fusion.Image fusion is the integration of real-time ultrasound images with those obtained through CT and MRI. Very popular in the world of radiology, image fusion has...