Pocket-Sized Ultrasound Versus Traditional Ultrasound Images in Equine Imaging: A Pictorial Essay

J Equine Vet Sci. 2021 Sep:104:103672. doi: 10.1016/j.jevs.2021.103672. Epub 2021 Jun 3.

Abstract

This pictorial essay aims to display the image quality of pocket-sized ultrasound devices and hospital-based equipment to provide clinicians visual information about the potential uses of point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) in equine practice. Twenty-two paired images were obtained using traditional ultrasound equipment and pocket-sized ultrasound devices from patients evaluated at veterinary teaching hospitals. Images of many common ultrasound windows and miscellaneous sonographic abnormalities were obtained using pocket-sized ultrasound equipment.

Keywords: Hand-held; Horse; Pocket-sized; Point-of-care; Ultrasound.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Horses
  • Point-of-Care Systems*
  • Ultrasonography / veterinary