Keynote
Large Animal
Sarah Puchalski, DVM, DACVR
Puchalski Equine Diagnostic Imaging
Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada
From the dark room to the digital age, clinical equine imaging over the last two decades.
This presentation will explore the evolution of clinical equine imaging since making the leap to widespread digital diagnostics. It will review the history and development of each modality with its applications in equine practice over time. The presentation will further demonstrate how the modalities are currently being used in clinical practice. Both, the use of novel technologies, i.e. cone-beam CT, PET scanning and the use of traditional technologies in new (larger) anatomic regions, i.e. CT of the cervical spine have opened the door to whole new fields requiring investigation. Similar to the early days of MRI in lameness diagnosis, every novel technology or every novel use of a technology requires an understanding of normal with its many and varied appearances, expected patterns of disease and adaptation to training, along with confidence in the slam dunk diagnoses that can and should be made. This presentation will attempt to illustrate some of these areas of needed exploration.