Ebook Veterinary diagnostic imaging, the dog and cat (Vol 1): Part 1

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Ebook Veterinary diagnostic imaging, the dog and cat (Vol 1): Part 1 An Affiliate of Elsevier Science 11830 Westline Industrial Drive St. Louis, Missouri 63146 Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging: The Dog and Cat ISBN 0-323-01205-1 Copyright © 2003, Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Health Sciences Rights Department in Philadelphia, PA, USA: phone: (+1) 215 238 7869, fax: (+1) 215 238 2239, e-mail: healthpermissions@elsevier.com. You may also complete your request on-line via the Elsevier Science homepage (http://www.elsevier.com), by selecting ‘Customer Support’ and then ‘Obtaining Permissions.’ NOTICE Veterinary Medicine is an ever-changing field. Standard safety precautions must be followed, but as new research and clinical experience broaden our knowledge, changes in treatment and drug therapy may become necessary or appropriate. Readers are advised to check the most current product infor- mation provided by the manufacturer of each drug to be administered to verify the recommended dose, the method and duration of administration, and contraindications. It is the responsibility of the licensed prescriber, relying on experience and knowledge of the patient, to determine dosages and the best treatment for each individual patient. Neither the publisher nor the author assumes any liability for any injury and/or damage to persons or property arising from this publication. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Farrow, Charles S. Veterinary diagnostic imaging: the dog and cat / Charles S. Farrow. p.; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-323-01205-1 (alk. paper) 1. Dogs–Diseases–Diagnosis. 2. Cats–Diseases–Diagnosis. 3. Veterinary diagnostic imaging. I. Title. [DNLM: 1. Dog Diseases–radionuclide imaging. 2. Cat Diseases–radionuclide imaging. 3. Cat Diseases–ultrasonography. 4. Diagnostic Imaging–veterinary. 5. Dog Diseases– ultrasonography. SF 991 F246v 2003] SF991 .F38 2003 636.7¢08960754–dc21 2002041063 Acquisitions Editor: Liz Fathman Developmental Editor: Kristen Mandava Publishing Services Manager: Pat Joiner Project Manager: Rachel E. Dowell Senior Designer: Mark A. Oberkrom Interior Designer: Joan Wendt Cover Design: Studio Montage Printed in China Last digit is the print number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is dedicated to the heroic passengers and aircrew of United Airlines flight 93, who on September 11th, 2001, made their last stand in the sky. May God bless them. About This Book First and foremost this is a book about veterinary medical although we will soon have our own in-house MR imaging. Although there are smatterings of medicine, imager. The majority of these examinations are of the surgery, and clinical pathology, you will need to read brain and spinal cord, mostly tumors and disks. We elsewhere for detailed accountings of such matters. rarely perform nuclear medicine, and as a consequence have only limited clinical material. Because radiation therapy is now a specialty in its own right, it has been Content and Credit omitted altogether. The backbone of this book has been constituted from the articles published in the American Journal of Veteri- nary Radiology & Ultrasound from 1963 to the present, “RDIs”: A Rational Substitute for nearly all of which are included among the references. Roentgen Signs In most instances I also included the name of the prin- In nearly three decades as a radiologist I have sought cipal authors in the text (as well as in the chapter ref- to devise a coherent, integrated method for teaching erences) to properly credit the work and for the and learning radiographic fundamentals. To this end convenience of the reader. I have developed a series of radiographic disease indica- To provide a contemporary perspective beyond that tors, or RDIs, for each radiology subspecialty. These of the “Journal,” I incorporated selected material from diagnostic building blocks form the basis for radiologic the publications of organizations such as the Ameri- diagnosis, much as words comprise the substance of can Veterinary Medical Association, American Animal a sentence. You will be introduced to an appropriate Hospital Association, and Journal of Small Animal list of RDIs at the beginning of each section, and then Practice. see them applied in the subsequent chapters. Organization Figures and Captions Given the anatomic foundation on which all forms of The medical images in a book such as this are in many medical imaging are predicated, it is clear that any book respects like the actors in a play; they provide a means on the subject must be organized on a similar basis. of expression for the playwright. To this end I tried to Accordingly, Veterinary Medical Imaging is divided into present the material in a more “intimate” fashion, incor- 7 sections: (1) Extremities; (2) Skull, Brain, Eye, and porating wherever possible both orientation and close- Ear; (3) Spine; (4) Hips and Pelvis; (5) Throat, Neck, up views, and in the case of the extremities, normal and Thorax ...