Equine Bone Scintigraphy: What is it and what can it do for me? A 7 page pdf doc providing general information about use of bone scintigraphy in veterinary medicine.
Kari L. Anderson, DVM, DACVR
Associate Clinical Professor
University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine
http://www.academic-server.cvm.umn.edu/radiology/student/Student_Sp_08/Anderson/6730/PDFs/Equine%20Bone%20Scintigraphy.pdf
Use of Equine Bone Scintigraphy to help diagnose Equine Lameness or Equine Wobblers Syndrome!
http://www.equinewobblers.com/Diagnostics/Nuclear_Scan.htm
Use of Scintigraphy for the Diagnosis of Apical Infection of Equine Cheek Teeth
Safia Barakzai, BVSc, Cert ES (Soft Tissue), MRCVS
http://www.clinicalequine.com/article/PIIS1534751605000508/fulltext
Short Post from
the University of Melbourne
on benefits of Scintigraphy:
"Horse owners missing out on the diagnostic tool of scintigraphy"
http://www.vet.unimelb.edu.au/news/scintigraphymain.html
A link to the "Horses" area of Yahoo Answers. A good place to point horse owners to.
http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index;_ylt=AogHplqoKgUTZONPgVxTD3WQ.Rd.;_ylv=3?sid=2115500432&link=list
Overview of different uses of Nuclear Scintigraphy
Nuclear Scintigraphy for Pets in Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary & Aquatic Services Department, Drs. Foster & Smith
Nice graphic of nuclear imaging used in cardiac scan. Click on audio notes to hear a clear description. Pretend the guy in the blue shirt is a horse.
http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/imaging/techniques/scintigraphy/index.html
Brief history and overview of The Technetium-99m Generator
http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/tc-99m.asp
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