Imaging

The Diagnostic Imaging department at the Veterinary Specialty Hospital offers every major modality used in veterinary medicine. We have a two-suite DR system. We have just added a new machine to our ultrasound suite, allowing us to be able to perform ultrasounds on two tables simultaneously. We have a 6-slice CT scanner, which is useful for better evaluating the lungs, staging cancer, planning surgeries, endoscopies, or radiation treatment. Our CT scanner’s multi-slice technology allows us to image our patients faster, reducing anesthesia times, and to acquire higher resolution images, improving our diagnostic capabilities. We have a 1.0 T MRI scanner, with all the advantages of a high-field magnet, including faster acquisition times, and better image quality. Our gamma camera is used in nuclear imaging, which uses short-lived radioactive compounds to evaluate tissue function. Finally, we also have a digital fluoroscopic unit that is used to aid in orthopedic surgeries, cardiac catheterization, as well as contrast studies. For more information on the different imaging modalities, please click here.

With the recent addition of a Radiologist to the VSH team, the Veterinary Specialty Hospital will be expanding their services to referring veterinarians. VSH will now be offering referral image interpretation for radiographs, CT, and MRI's. Additionally, veterinarians can also refer patients for outpatient imaging exams, including ultrasound, CT, and MRI's. For more information, please click this link.