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by Marcia Hill Gossard ’99, ’04 Ph.D. | Photo by Henry Moore Jr.
Radiology services has two new portable ultrasound machines thanks to Esaote Europe, maker of the MyLab One ultrasound. The versatile machines are being used to train veterinary students in small and large animal imagining techniques. Students can perform imagining on the abdomen, heart, equine and food animal reproductive systems, and equine musculoskeletal systems.
Drs. John Mattoon and Greg Roberts in radiology services had been working jointly with Mr. Calin Marian of Esaote Netherlands to develop a tutorial for normal equine tendon and ligament ultrasonography as part of the portable ultrasound machine software package. The program was designed to educate equine practitioners and students. The tutorial package has recently been released as part of the MyLab One portable ultrasound software package, which is distributed worldwide.
“These machines are truly portable and versatile,” said Professor John Mattoon, a board certified veterinary radiologist and chief of WSU’s diagnostic imaging section. “We will be able to provide the most up-to-date ultrasound training to our veterinary students.”