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CLINICAL CONNECTIONS
RVC Clinical Services Newsletter Spring 2025
ADVANCING EQUINE CT AT THE RVC
Dagmar Berner (Senior Lecturer in improvements, including that with this The new CT has a larger diameter
Equine Diagnostic Imaging) and Freddie new design the horse stands on the bore and with the horse anaesthetised
Dash (Lecturer in Equine Diagnostic ground and the CT machine moves. this will enable us to visualise the
Imaging) spoke to Clinical Connections Thus the horse is much more likely to be entire forelimb and hindlimb as well
about what a new scanner means for still during examination and the images as the cervicothoracic junction, pelvis
patients, research and training. are of better quality. Additionally, the and sacroiliac joints. Many of these
new state-of-the-art advanced acquisition time is much shorter than areas are difficult to evaluate with
CT scanner has been installed before, reducing the likelihood of motion other diagnostic imaging modalities.
A in the Equine Referral Hospital artefacts, further enhancing the quality Being able to acquire images of these
so we can better diagnose and treat of images. areas not only helps us to diagnose
conditions in our equine referral Another significant difference is abnormalities more precisely but
patients. The new Qalibra CT scanner versatility of the system, which can also helps to gain knowledge about
also has benefits for veterinary be lowered to a height that enables certain conditions, for example of the
education, advanced clinical training us to scan limbs of standing sedated cervicothoracic junction, which is an
and research into conditions affecting horses. This allows us to scan up to and area that little is known about in horses.
horses. including the carpus and tarsus without There is a common misconception
This machine brings several big the need for general anaesthesia (GA). that CT is not useful for the soft tissues,
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