about ct scans for veterinary patients

About CT Scans for Veterinary PatientsBrian Daubs

About CT Scans for Veterinary Patients

Board-certified as a small animal veterinary Surgeon. Dr. Brian Daubs stands out as the chief of surgery at Animal Speciality and Emergency Hospital. Dr. Brian Daubs has introduced computerized tomography imaging to the practice, which helps him and other specialists to assess tumors, intervertebral disc disease, and other conditions.

About CT Scans for Veterinary Patients

More commonly known as a CT scan, computerized tomography allows a veterinarian to gain an accurate image of an animal's internal anatomy. It works by beaming an extremely fine X ray through the animal's tissue and then sending the resulting data to a computer, which subsequently compiles an image based on the presented information. The image is displayed in grayscale, and the darkness of areas within the image tells of the tissue's density and thus its type.

About CT Scans for Veterinary Patients

Because an animal patient must remain completely still during the CT scan, veterinarians typically recommend administering general anesthesia. Sometimes sedation may be adequate. In many cases, the patient must also receive intravenous dye to help improve the contrast of the image; both of these interventions help the veterinarian to gather the information that he or she needs with a single scan . Then, by analyzing the differentiation of the tissue, a veterinarian can tell whether an animal's internal anatomy is normal or abnormal.