About Imaging

Digital Radiography (X-rays)

College Station Cat Clinic uses high definition digital radiography. Digital radiography essentially refers to the process of producing a radiographic image without using film. Digital radiographs can be viewed instantly on any computer screen, manipulated to enhance contrast and detail, and transmitted electronically to specialists without quality loss. It offers several advantages over traditional film-based radiography.

These benefits include: improved patient care through better image quality, fewer retakes, decreased radiation exposure to patients and personnel. Digital radiography eliminates chemical processing and disposal of hazardous wastes and lead foil, thereby presenting an eco-friendly alternative.

Our practice is also using digital dental radiographs which are taken during all dental procedures. Digital radiographs reveal small hidden areas of decay between teeth, bone infections, gum disease, abscesses or cysts, developmental abnormalities and tumors that cannot be detected with only a visual dental examination.

In human and veterinary medicine, ultrasound compliments x-ray evaluations as each diagnostic modality has its own strengths and weaknesses. X-rays offer excellent evaluation of bone structures and air filled structures (lungs) that ultrasound cannot. In contrast, ultrasound is best at diagnosing abnormalities within organs and evaluating organ function such as the beating heart. Once the abnormality is found it can be measured for later comparison. Ultrasound evaluations commonly performed in veterinary medicine include:

 Liver, Pancreas

 Kidney, Uterus/Ovaries, Heart

 Bladder, Testicles, Prostate

 Lymph Nodes, Pregnancy, Intestinal Tract