Portable Veterinary Ultrasound

We specialise in black and white, Doppler and Colour Doppler veterinary ultrasound for both large and small animal work.

We are continually carrying out testing and research on all of the devices that we stock, to ensure that we are only offering the very best solutions to our customers.

Working in close partnership with a number of internationally renowned veterinarians, universities and equipment manufacturers, we are the only UK and Irish suppliers of veterinary ultrasound equipment to be actively involved in academic and engineering research in our fields. This puts us in a unique position to serve your business and keep your practice at the cutting edge of new developments in ultrasound diagnosis.

As part of our commitment to veterinary imaging, we consistently attend all major medical technology, imaging and radiology conferences and exhibitions across the globe, to ensure that we offer nothing but the best and most up-to-date technologies to our clients.

If you require a consultation and product demonstration at your practice, please do not hesitate to contact us either by phone or email.

 

Benefits of ultrasound


Ultrasound is very good at distinguishing between normal and abnormal tissue, because of the way that different tissue densities transmit ultrasound waves. Ultrasound can provide diagnostic data not available by any other means. It allows you to:

  • Examine both moving and stationary tissues
  • Monitor changes in fluid and tissue constituent of organs
  • Measure both size and relative density
  • Confirm normality when the patient cannot



(adapted from 'Sound Advances' by Stephen Constable)

So how does ultrasound actually work?


Pulses of high frequency sound waves are produced by applying a voltage across the piezo-electric crystals in the ultrasound transducer. These sound waves travel through tissues at varying speeds, depending on the type of tissue.

Reflection of the sound waves occurs when the ultrasound beam passes from a tissue of one acoustic impedance to a tissue of different impedance.

The more echos that are returned, the more white you will see on your monitor (e.g. gassy structures such as the lungs or bowels). The more the waves are trasmitted and not reflected, the more black you will see (e.g. fluid structures such as the bladder, heart and eye).