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In addition to standard radiography the radiology group at WSU can provide the following:

Ultrasonography The radiology services at WSU can provide a variety of ultrasonographic examinations including evaluation of tendons and ligaments, internal organs, Doppler blood flow analysis, and echocardiography. Ultrasound guided biopsies and aspirates are also available.
C-arm Digital Fluoroscopy WSU offers a mobile c-arm digital fluoroscopy unit with angio/subtraction capabilities designed for surgical applications. The high resolution fluoroscopy is used by both large & small animal surgeons during orthopedic repair and vascular surgeries.
Computed Tomography (CT) Scan Our CT scanner has the unique ability to perform large animal scans on distal extremities and skulls quickly and efficiently. Small animal CT imaging has proven to have better diagnostic capabilities, than traditional radiology, when looking for lung or bone pathology. CT has the capacity to detect pulmonary metastatic disease prior to recognition by conventional radiography. CT offers early diagnosis of osseous lesions and permits precise surgical planning in complicated fractures and tumors.
Linear Accelerator The WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital offers new and progressive options for radiation treatment of tumors. Our site utilizes a multileaf collimator for conformal beam treatment on palliative and curative treatment plans. For selected cases, radiosurgery (one treatment) is available. The WSU linear accelerator is the most advanced machine in the world dedicated to the treatment of animals. We have 6 and 10 MV photons and six electron energies (5-15 MeV). All traditional species including horses can be treated.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Magnetic resonance imaging has evolved to be the standard in advanced imaging of many structural and functional abnormalities in small companion animals. It is highly effective in the diagnosis of many internal medical problems and in planning surgery of the central nervous system and other areas of the body. WSU is one of only a very few veterinary hospitals in the world equipped to perform magnetic resonance (MR) imaging on large animals. We can provide quality imaging and interpretation for distal limb (below the carpus and hock) and head disorders in adult horses or cattle and full body imaging of young foals and calves. The availability of this imaging modality has moved WSU to the forefront of veterinary medicine in the evaluation of lameness and neurologic disorders.
Nuclear Scintigraphy Nuclear Medicine allows the detection of specific organ/tissue pathologies prior to gross anatomic destruction using short-lived radiopharmaceuticals targeted for specific tissues such as bone or thyroid. Nuclear scintigraphy is extremely helpful in localization of source of lameness in equine patients where the cause of the lameness is difficult to localize by conventional methods. Nuclear imaging can also demonstrate metastatic spread of tumors to bone much earlier than with traditional radiography. Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Hyperthyroid Cats

Last Edited: Dec 13, 2007 4:49 PM

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