An examination using CT scan uses X-rays from many angles to obtain a number of cross-sections of the patient's body, and thus information that allows doctors to make a diagnosis and plan further diagnostic or therapeutic procedures if necessary. We gain information that we are often unable to obtain from X-rays or ultrasound.
The animal must be under general anesthesia during the scan, where an X-ray beam moves around the patient and collects images. The images produced during each rotation around the patient's body are then summed up and reconstructed by a computer. A veterinary radiologist analyzes, interprets and describes the images obtained by the examination. A CT scan is a non-invasive and painless procedure.
CT scanning is used to diagnose, among other things:
- diseases of the musculoskeletal system and disorders of the spine,
- orthopedic disorders,
- diseases of the skull and brain (including inflammations, tumors, post-traumatic conditions, congenital defects, diseases of the ear),
- diseases of the respiratory, digestive, urinary systems,
- to some extent diseases of the nervous system.
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