Radiology helps diagnose conditions affecting pets’ internal organs, bones, and body systems, providing clear insights for accurate treatment and care.
While a thorough physical exam can tell us a lot about your pet’s health status, complex diseases and health conditions typically require more in-depth diagnostics. Advanced imaging techniques, such as digital X-rays and computed tomography (CT) allow us to view your pet’s internal organs and structures, to help us reach an accurate diagnosis. Our board-certified veterinary radiologist has experience operating the advanced equipment needed to conduct specialized imaging, and accurately interpreting the images acquired.
A CT unit is a highly advanced piece of imaging equipment that is of the same quality as those used in human hospitals. By using a narrow X-ray beam aimed at a pet and quickly rotated around their body, a CT scan generates cross-sectional images that contain much more detail than digital X-ray. CT is helpful for evaluating soft tissue and bony lesions found during a clinical exam, or on digital X-rays, as it can reveal the lesion’s precise location and relationship to nearby structures. A CT scan is often used after tumor diagnosis, to determine its location and allow our surgeon to plan a surgical approach. It can also be used to check other organs for metastasis.
Digital radiography provides the highest-quality diagnostic X-rays possible to help us evaluate your pet’s internal structures. Radiography is best suited for evaluating a pet’s bones and skeletal abnormalities, but also provides high-quality soft tissue images. Our digital radiography unit captures images in only seconds, and transmits them to a computer for immediate evaluation by our board-certified veterinary radiologist. Conditions that are commonly diagnosed using digital radiology include:
