New Bolton Center Diagnostic Imaging

The cardiology group specializes in assessing the significance of heart murmurs or arrhythmias detected in a pre-purchase setting, their impact on performance, and the evaluation and treatment of horses and other large animals with a wide variety of cardiac arrhythmias and diseases.
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Under general anesthesia, computed tomography (CT) illustrates bony and soft tissue lesions in transverse slices that usually can’t be seen in standard radiographic imaging.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technique that uses a magnetic field and radio waves to create detailed images of the organs and tissues within the body.
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Nuclear medicine, commonly referred to as nuclear or bone scintigraphy, involves the administration of a radiopharmaceutical that binds to bone where there is injury or at sites of active bone formation. Combined with lameness examination and diagnostic analgesia, this modality is hugely important in identifying the cause of lameness.
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Limb fractures in horses are often fatal, so diagnosing and preventing these injuries are essential. An Equine PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Scan is a nuclear medicine imaging technique that detects “hot spots”: microscopic changes that may develop into more severe injuries.
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Radiology at New Bolton Center encompasses a number of services including diagnostic digital imaging in the radiology suite as well as support for the imaging capabilities of the Field Service and stall-side imaging throughout the hospital and during surgery in the operating rooms.
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Penn Vet is the first veterinary teaching hospital in the world using the robotics-controlled imaging system, which has clinical and research applications for both animal and human medicine.
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Ultrasound has become an integral part of evaluating the lame horse, the horse with colic, the high-risk pregnant mare and the sick neonatal foal. It is used to guide biopsies and injections, improving the accuracy and safety of these procedures over ‘blind’ techniques.
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