https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/13689/vhs-objective-vs-buchanan Right. Having waded through November&#39;s JSAP paper on vertebral heart scoring, I think I&#39;ll stick to the original - two pairs of callipers or the edge of a piece of paper - Buchanan method. It&#39;s simple, quick and there doesn&#39;t seem to be any statisticalen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/79229?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:43:50 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:90550b3a-3f02-4de9-a516-9f09cf13cf2cMalcolm Ness<p>[quote user=&quot;james herriot lied&quot;]Or am I missing something here? We do have digital, but even then, it&#39;s simpler to measure VHS on-screen than to attempt to understand the software. Any cardiologists enthused by this new method?[/quote]</p> <p>All who know me appreciate that my ignorance of cardiology is boundless. However, at our practice journal club this month, this paper was discussed in some detail and we (well, to be honest &quot;they&quot; - &nbsp;I did little more than nod sagely when I thought it appropriate) came to the same conclusion as JHL. I assumed that there must be more to the paper to have justified its publication but perhaps not.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>