CT Concepts

Wightman P, Cohen EB, Hunter S, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2015;56:E40-E43. A 12-day-old Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) was presented with anorexia, torticollis, head-tilt, and coelomic distension. Radiographs showed an ill-defined, fat-opaque, coelomic mass displacing viscera craniodorsally. Curvilinear mineral … Read More

Archambault N, Coates JR, Pathau P, et al. Computed Tomography Guided Sterotaxic Navigation of the Canine Thoracolumbar Spine. ACVIM Forum. Indianapolis, Indiana, 2015;649. Implant placements into the canine thoracolumbar spine carry a formidable risk of vertebral canal violation and disruption … Read More

Khojasteh A, Dashti SG, Dehghan MM, et al. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2014;102:1771-1778. Due to shortcomings associated with autogenous bone graft, the gold standard of craniofacial grafting, investigators seek alternatives that are accessible, efficient, and affordable. Accordingly, … Read More

Li X, Cai H, Cui X, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2014;46:e67-73. OBJECTIVES: Repositioning of the mediastinum with implantation of a prosthesis seems the favoured approach to treat late complications of pneumonectomy caused by mediastinal shift. However, the traditional … Read More

Javard R, Specchi S, Benamou J, et al. Can Vet J 2014;55:1096-1099. This report describes an ileocecocolic volvulus in a German shepherd dog with risk factors of previous abdominal surgeries and concurrent chronic enteropathy. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) with multiplanar … Read More

Sieslack AK, Dziallas P, Nolte I, et al. BMC Vet Res 2014;10:242. BackgroundRight ventricular (RV) volume and function are important diagnostic and prognostic factors in dogs with primary or secondary right-sided heart failure. The complex shape of the right ventricle … Read More

Harder L, Ludwig D, Galindo-Zamora V, et al. Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere 2014;42. Objective: Although the classification of canine intervertebral disc degeneration using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been described in the literature, there is no such classification … Read More

Stelmach D, Sharma A, Rosselli D, et al. Can Vet J 2014;55:961-964. Computed tomography (CT) of a dog with a cervical concentric wound and ventral chronic draining tract revealed a hyper-attenuating, concentric foreign body and contrast-enhancing tract. This is the … Read More

Szabo D, Sutherland-Smith J, Barton B, et al. in Scientific Proceedings (Abstract). American College of Veterinary Radiology 2014. IntroductionIPurpose: Computed tomography is increasingly being used in veterinary medicine as a means of investigating coughing and other pulmonary-related clinical signs. The … Read More

Steffey MA, Daniel S, Taylor SL, et al. in Scientific Proceedings (Abstract). American College of Veterinary Radiology 2014. Introduction/Purpose: Computed tomography (CT) is not commonly utilized to image the colorectum in veterinary patients, as fecal material and the luminal collapse … Read More