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 Differentiate benign from malignant splenic masses. The Global FAST approach is a rapid add‐on assessment screening test for localized versus disseminated disease through surveying the abdomen (AFAST), the thorax (TFAST) including heart (TFAST), and lung (Vet BLUE) as well as for detecting other comorbidities.

 Definitively diagnose diffuse and localized splenic conditions based on echogenicity.

 Reliably determine splenic size (large or small) in dogs (more reliable for size in cats).