Articles that deal directly or indirectly with Nuclear Medicine Imaging in veterinary medicine.
Volckaert V, Vandermeulen E, Daminet S, et al. VLAAMS DIERGENEESKUNDIG TIJDSCHRIFT 2016;85:255-264. In the first part of this review article, thyroid anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology are reviewed to continue more speci cally on hyperthyroidism, the most common thyroid disorder in … Read More
Bettencourt A, Daniel GB, Panciera D, et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2016;57:290-298. Thyroid-to-salivary ratio and percent dose uptake are the most widely recognized scintigraphic measurements. Recently, the thyroid-to-background ratio has been proposed as an alternate method. However, this method has … Read More
Knuchell JA, Spriet M, Galuppo LD, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2016;57:403-409. Fractures of the central tarsal bone are a rarely recognized cause of acute severe hind limb lameness in nonracehorses. Diagnosis of these fractures can be challenging and … Read More
Peterson ME, Guterl JN, Rishniw M, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2016;57:427-440. Thyroid scintigraphy is commonly used for evaluation of cats with hyperthyroidism, with the thyroid-to-salivary ratio (T/S) being the most common method to quantify the degree of thyroid … Read More
Ruff CF, Lim CK, Ramos-Vara JA, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2016;57:E58-E62. A 6-year-old castrated Goldendoodle dog was presented for left-sided lameness of 3 weeks’ duration. Focal, moderate to marked increased 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) uptake was detected in the … Read More
Spriet M, Espinosa P, Kyme AZ, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2016;57:630-638. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a highly sensitive, noninvasive imaging technique for quantifying biological functions of tissues. However, at the time of this study, PET imaging applications … Read More
Scott-Moncrieff JC, Heng HG, Weng HY, et al. J Vet Intern Med 2015;29:1322-1326. BACKGROUND: The effect of feeding a limited iodine diet on radioactive iodine uptake in the thyroid glands of hyperthyroid cats is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To determine how feeding … Read More
Graham S, Solano M, Sutherland-Smith J, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2015;56:96-102. Disorders of the stifle are a common cause of lameness in horses yet the accuracy of scintigraphy for diagnosis of stifle conditions is controversial. The aim of … Read More
Peterson ME, Broome MR. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2015;56:84-95. Thyroid scintigraphy is currently the reference standard for diagnosing and staging cats with hyperthyroidism, but few studies describing the scintigraphic characteristics in a large number of cats have been reported. The objective … Read More
Shields GE, Whitcomb MB, Vaughan B, et al. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2015;56:466-473. Injuries involving the femoral third trochanter are an uncommon but important source of equine lameness; however, clinical localization can be challenging. The purpose of this retrospective study … Read More