24h : 01793 522 483
24h : 01793 522 483
We have a range of imaging tools to help us to diagnose problems our patients may be facing.
This allows us to keep the treatment of your pet in house, avoiding expensive referral trips to unfamiliar vets and allowing us to propose the most effective treatment options.
None of these tests are painful, but do require a relaxed and co-operative patient, so sedation or general anaesthesia may be required.
Owner and director Dave Rawlinson holds an RCVS certificate in diagnostic imaging.
Here’s a look at some of the equipment we have at our disposal.
We are one of the few local practices that can offer in-house CT scans.
A computerised tomography (CT) uses x-rays and a computer to create detailed 3D images of the inside of the body. They produce detailed images of many structures inside the body, including the internal organs, blood vessels and bones.
We use our CT scanner to:
X-rays create a two dimensional picture of tissues.
X-rays are absorbed to different degrees by bodily structures, meaning that bone, tissue, fluid and air can be separately identified.
Many views are often needed to allow this 2D image to be interpreted into a 3D picture.
High frequency sound waves emitted from a hand held probe placed in contact with the skin to produce an image.
Sound waves penetrate and reverberate from varying tissues to different degrees and this pattern enables the production of a two dimensional view of tissue.
The image is continual meaning it is possible to move the probe and gain an overall three dimensional assessment.
An important advantage is that it allows us to see into the tissues, especially in the abdomen, often allowing biopsies to be taken with minimal distress to your pet.
The ultrasound probe needs direct skin contact which means a small patch of fur must be shaved over the area of interest.
Echocardiography (ECG) is the application of ultrasound for imaging of the heart.
Standard ultrasound techniques are used to image two dimensional slices of the heart and allow us to build a picture of the area we are focusing on.
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