Once every two months, I host non-domestic animal radiology rounds for veterinarians in the Central Valley and Bay Area. Ray Wack from the Sacramento zoo is the coordinator of our get-togethers, and we are joined by veterinarians from the San Francisco zoo, Oakland Zoo, marine mammal center, and … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2007
Do advertisements work? fMRI investigates.
We all think of MR as a diagnostic tool to let us look inside the brain for signs of disease. It gives fantastic anatomical detail and contrast between tissues. Functional MR, or fMRI, is becoming a popular tool in investigating how the brain works. It measures changes in blood flow in different … [Read more...]
Links to Veterinary Journals
It takes some time to search the library for veterinary journals you might be interested in. Here is a list of links to the journals I commonly check on. Some of them have the occasional imaging article, and others often do. For example, JAVMA always has two "What's your diagnosis?" quizzes in each … [Read more...]
Ultrasound controls part I
This past weekend we held another introductory ultrasound course, this time hosted at the UC Davis facility. There were about 25 enthusiastic participants willing to learn more about the theory and practice of abdominal ultrasound in dogs. Some had never tried ultrasound, others had taken classes at … [Read more...]