There's nothing better than seeing the insides of the body part you are interested in in fine detail. When you use CT a lot, you get to know about how physics affects your image quality. Once everyone has a 64 slice helical machine, we won't have to worry about tweaking the protocols to get the most … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2007
Known Case Conference
Tonight we had some good thorax cases, including one of a 3 year old cat that was missing for three months, and turned up dyspneic. The thoracic radiographs showed an increased soft tissue opacity throughout the lungs. The pattern was mixed, with a prominent bronchial component and multiple … [Read more...]
CT for large patients
CT is an excellent imaging modality for looking inside the body. It is a cross-sectional technique, meaning that the images of a volume of the body are seen as consecutive slices (think loaf of sliced bread). CT machines are manufactured for people, and the ones situated in veterinary hospitals are … [Read more...]
Known Case Conference
One evening a week, our group gets together to read known cases. That is, they are known to the faculty member who brought them, but unknown to everyone else. It's a forum for the radiology residents to practice oral case reading style, and to see lots of cool images. We get a great turnout, from … [Read more...]
Retroperitoneal Detail
Over the last few days, I've talked about the different appearances of poor peritoneal detail. To recap, detail can be focally or diffusely poor, or mottled. Diffuse causes are usually lack of fat or peritoneal effusion, while local or mottled poor detail can be caused by inflammation, small amount … [Read more...]