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My name is Fraser Yule and I own and operate Ultrasound Scanner Training Ltd. We help users of ultrasound scanners gain a fundamental understanding of their equipment and quickly develop their skills through a range of face to face courses that clearly explain the principles without the physics lessons. Training sessions are designed to be enjoyable rather than difficult and our approach is to inspire, motivate and ultimately help you get the most from your scanner. Please contact us if you’d like to know more about us and the training services we provide.

Absolutely yes, if you have a linear probe (the higher the frequency the better), this will provide the best images of the eye, but even a standard microconvex probe can be used with correct setup and optimisation. There are specific scanners available for ophthalmology utilising ultra high frequency, but they are very, very expensive and are only used for this application.

Some probes can be swapped between systems from the same manufacturer, but you really do have to check probe compatibility. A chart should be provided in the system manual listing probes that can be used on your scanner. Sometimes probes for systems by the same manufacturer will have different connectors, more compact connectors for portable or laptop systems whilst their cart based systems employ larger type connectors, limiting compatibility. Unfortunately, probes can’t cant be swapped between different manufacturers systems.

Not necessarily. A huge amount of imaging and diagnosis is done only using B and M Mode functions, even in echocardiography.

Using the highest frequency the probe offers will potentially give you a very good quality image in the superficial part of the study, however, to get further depth of penetration you will have to reduce the probe imaging frequency. It’s often a compromise to get the depth of penetration required for the scan and the best image quality, sometimes you just have to reduce the frequency.

Pretty much all scanners will allow to you to save a range of custom or user defined presets. You can even apply specific analysis packages, annotation lists and report templates to each custom preset.

Of course. It’s often the case that these ex-hospital systems can offer you the best image quality. The only issue may be the probes that have come with the system if you’ve got it directly from the hospital or an auction, but you can always add other probes to the scanner to suit your needs. I can help advise with this. If you have bought your system through a supplier in the vet market, they should already have the correct probe configuration.

This is an issue that crops up quite a bit. Try putting a barrier between the probe and the skin, i.e., put the probe in a glove with some gel in it, or put some gel on the probe and use cling film over this. Then, clean the area for the biopsy/FNA as usual prior to the procedure. This way you wont get gel in the sample. I can’t however guarantee you’ll get the correct sample tissue!

For emergency scans or using in wards they are great. Some of the better ones can even be used for basic diagnosis out in the field, for example, a Philips Lumify Linear would be great on equine tendons. I would still suggest the surgery-based systems will be a better overall proposition for a full diagnostic study. Thing to consider with a handheld scanner is that you are holding a phone or tablet in one hand and the probe in the other making ‘driving’ the software quite tricky, especially when your hands are inevitably covered in gel. Although, the controls are quite rudimentary.

This will depend on many factors including where in the country you are, what other practices in the area charge. It is important to charge for each scan carried out, even if you don’t find something, don’t feel that if the scan was inconclusive, you can’t charge, your time and skills are valuable.

Yes, although travelling costs will inevitably be higher for surgeries further away, although I do try to group visits to surgeries geographically which reduces travel costs for each training session.

I would advise this. It’s always good to discuss your requirements and staff skill levels prior to making a booking. I can advise the best course of action for training as there may be staff in the surgery at different levels requiring a different approach and some may be looking for basic training. Others may be wanting to build on their current skills with training on more advanced modes.

Not really. It’s more important to be looking at the scanner and learning the actual controls, what they are, what they do and when to use them. I will scan myself to provide example scan images (such as thyroid, nerve, MSK and abdomen) and delegates can learn to optimise the image that way. It may be useful to have a case for the end of the session to put what’s been learnt into practice whilst I am still on site.

This can be discussed when making a booking as each session is tailored to suit your needs and requirements. It’s often better to split larger groups into different sessions as everyone does need access to the control panel of the scanner and I usually try to make the sessions quite interactive.