Use of nuclear scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging to diagnose chronic penetrating wounds in the equine foot

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 62-68

  Boado, A ^a,b   Kristoffersen, M ^a,c   Dyson, S ^a   Murray, R ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Equine Hospital Stromsholm   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Foot; Horse; MRI; Penetrating wound; Scintigraphy; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; FINGER; FISTULOGRAPHY; FOOT; FOOT INJURY; HORSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHALANX; RADIOGRAPHY; RATING SCALE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TENDON; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TISSUE SLICE; WOUND;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 17444401778     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2005.tb00338.x     Document Type: Article

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