Facilities Nuclear Scintigraphy
Nuclear Scintigraphy
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- Dedicated scintigraphy room
- Constant temperature control & air conditioning
- Gamma camera with overhead gantry suspension
- Micas computer system
- Stables contained within unit
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Nuclear scintigraphy or bone scanning is a useful diagnostic imaging modality. It is of most use to investigate multiple areas or problems that are inaccessible to nerve blocks e.g. the pelvis. Severe lameness that precludes nerve blocks or evaluation and areas of lameness that do not show on radiographs are also ideal candidates.
Horses are admitted the day before or before 7am the day of the scan. A radioisotope, technetium 99m is injected intravenously and the scans are obtained using a gamma camera over the next few hours. These are analysed using a computer system. The horse remains mildly radioactive after this procedure and therefore has to remain in isolation until radiation levels fall to a safe level, usually after 48 hours. Further diagnostic tests can then be carried out, or the horse can then return home.
Image Gallery
Thoracic Dorsal Spine Impingement
Distal Humeral Stress Fracture