Computed Tomography (CT)

Our Toshiba Aquilon 4 slice Computed Tomography (CT) scanner is a high resolutions X-ray imaging tool that produces 360-degree views of a patient's internal body.  CT is a noninvasive diagnostic method that allows the specialist to produce rapid, precise, and clear dimensional images of organs, bones and tissue.

What Happens During a CT Scan?

The patient is anesthetized, then placed on a table that slides into an open chamber.  X-rays are passed through the body at various angles and are displayed as cross-sectional  images or slices of an anatomical structure or area of the body.  CT studies can provide sectional studies in multiple planes (transverse, sagittal and dorsal), producing three-dimentional reconstruction of the bone that can be turned to view all surface angles.

How Can CT Diagnostic Help My Pet?
With Neurological Conditions

Ct scans provide excellent bone detail and can be combined with intravenous contrast agents to study most organs, including the brain, spinal cord, and nerve roots.  CT is also effective in imaging the nasal cavity, middle ear, and peropheral nerve.

With Non-Neurological Conditions

CT scans, as with neurologic conditions, can provide excellent bone detailed and can be combined with intravenous contrast agents to study most organs including the spleen, lungs, kidneys, adrenal glands, bladder and prostate.  CT is also effective in imaging hips, elbows, shoulder and stifle joints.

What Can a CT Scan Help Identify?

In the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurological Conditions

*  Neoplasms	*  Lumbosacral degenerative disease
*  Encephalities	*  Middle ear disease
*  Granulomatous meningeoencephalities	*  Discospodylities
*  Infarcts	*  Edema
*  Cysts	*  Lesions in the vertebrae,spinal cord and nerve roots
*  Herniated intervertebral discs	*  Spinal stenosis
*  Spinal cord compression	*  Bone abnormalities
*  Skull fractures	*  Hydrocephalus
*  Brain tumor	*  Vertebral fractures
*  Subdural hematoma

In the Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Neurological Conditions

*  Pelvic fractures	*  Splenic rupture
*  Limb fractures	*  Osteochondritis dissicans (OCD)
*  Metastatic blockage	*  Kidney, bladder and urethral blockage
*  Intestinal Blockage	*  Pancreatitous
*  Bone abnormalities	*  Fragmented coronoid processes in the elbow
*  Cancer	*  Intra-abdominal absecesses
*  Benign and malignant masses	*  Calcification of the biceps tenden
*  Intra-thoracis tumors	*  Pulmonary metastasis
*  Abdominal organ tumors(includes liver, spleen, and intestinal tumors)	*  Fluid or blood in chest or abdomen
*  Pericardial effusion	*  Lung lobe torsion
*  Madibular fractures	*  Diaphragmatic
*  Adrenal tumor	*  Aortic thrombosus
*  Liver abscess	*  Body trauma, contusions, muscle tears

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