Standing MRI: Use in Diagnosing Equine Lameness
- Posted by Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
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Your veterinarian already has the ability to localize subtle lameness in your horses: tools to perform effective diagnostic and therapeutic nerve blocking, digital radiographs (X rays), and ultrasound. So why bother considering magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as well?
Just as physicians use MRI to evaluate human athletes for injury, veterinarians can use it to closely examine an area of concern on a horse and gather invaluable information about injuries that is unobtainable with any other technique or technology.
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Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
Stacey Oke, MSc, DVM, is a practicing veterinarian and freelance medical writer and editor. She is interested in both large and small animals, as well as complementary and alternative medicine. Since 2005, she’s worked as a research consultant for nutritional supplement companies, assisted physicians and veterinarians in publishing research articles and textbooks, and written for a number of educational magazines and websites.
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