Atlas of Small Animal Diagnostic Imaging

Contributors ix Acknowledgments x Preface xi About the Companion Website xii Section I Introduction and Physics 1 The Science, Art, and Philosophy of Radiographic Interpretation 3 Matthew D. Winter 2 Physics of Diagnostic Imaging 10 Elizabeth Huyhn, Elodie E. Huguet, and Clifford R. Berry 3 Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging 16 Elodie E. Huguet, Elizabeth Huyhn, and Clifford R. Berry 4 Ultrasonography 27 Elizabeth Huyhn, Elodie E. Huguet, and Clifford R. Berry 5 Nuclear Scintigraphy 36 Elizabeth Huyhn, Elodie E. Huguet, and Clifford R. Berry Section II Musculoskeletal 6 Anatomy, Variants, and Interpretation Paradigm 43 Nathan C. Nelson 7 Developmental Orthopedic Disease 79 Elizabeth Huynh 8 Imaging of Joint and Tendon Diseases 104 Nathan C. Nelson 9 Fractures and Fracture Healing 131 Nathan C. Nelson 10 Aggressive Bone Disease 149 Erin Porter and Nathan C. Nelson 11 Imaging of the Head 166 Nathan C. Nelson 12 Imaging of the Spine 213 Nathan C. Nelson Section III Thorax 13 Anatomy, Variants, and Interpretation Paradigm 255 Clifford R. Berry and Elizabeth Huyhn 14 Extrathoracic Structures 307 Clifford R. Berry and Federico R. Vilaplana Grosso 15 Pleural Space 329 Clifford R. Berry and Elodie E. Huguet 16 Pulmonary Parenchyma 346 Clifford R. Berry and Elodie E. Huguet 17 Mediastinum 392 Silke Hecht 18 Cardiovascular System 444 Elodie E. Huguet, Sandra Tou, and Clifford R. Berry 19 Feline Thorax 497 Martha M. Larson and Clifford R. Berry Section IV Abdomen 20 Anatomy, Variants, and Interpretation Paradigm 545 Elodie E. Huguet, Clifford R. Berry, and Robson Giglio 21 Extraabdominal Structures and the Abdominal Body Wall 598 Matthew D. Winter 22 The Peritoneal and Retroperitoneal Space 605 Matthew D. Winter 23 Hepatobiliary Imaging 616 Matthew D. Winter 24 Spleen 634 Cintia R. Oliveira 25 Gastrointestinal Tract 667 Seamus Hoey 26 Pancreas 687 Cintia R. Oliveira and Nathan C. Nelson 27 Urogenital Tract 720 Elizabeth Huynh 28 Adrenal Glands and Lymph Nodes

The Editors Clifford R. Berry, DVM, DACVR (DI), is a Courtesy Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, USA and Clinical Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at the College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, USA. Nathan C. Nelson, DVM, MS, DACVR (DI and EDI), is a Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at the College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, USA. Matthew D. Winter, DVM, DACVR (DI), is an Associate Professor of Diagnostic Imaging at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, USA and Medical Director of Telehealth Services, Vet-CT, in Orlando, Florida, USA.