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There are three main types of ultrasound machine: consoles, portables, and hand‐helds. The console machines are big and bulky, but they have stronger processors and thus give a better image. The portables, often laptop format, are easy to move to the exam table or cage side and their image quality is constantly improving. There are several small hand‐held machines now on the market. Some have adequate depth and resolution capabilities. Just make sure they don't “walk out of your clinic” or get tossed into the laundry or dropped or stepped on. It's very easy to put these hand‐held devices in a lab jacket pocket and forget about them.

You may be limited to whatever you currently have in your veterinary practice, but if you are thinking of buying a new unit, consider what your main use is going to be and get the best ultrasound machine you can afford for that purpose. The axiom holds true: the better the machine, the better the image, and hence the better the diagnostic information.