New MRI for Horses Available at Florida Vet School

A new clinical imaging system in place at the University of Florida (UF) Veterinary Medical Center will enable veterinarians to obtain diagnostic images of previously inaccessible and larger parts of the body, such as the upper legs of horses, veterinarians say.
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A new clinical imaging system in place at the University of Florida (UF) Veterinary Medical Center will enable veterinarians to obtain diagnostic images of previously inaccessible and larger parts of the body, such as the upper legs of horses, veterinarians say.

The new 1.5 Tesla Titan MR, made by Toshiba, has never previously been used by any academic veterinary medical center in the United States and will provide private practitioners and animal owners with a highly sophisticated, state-of-the-art tool for pinpointing and treating disease in their animals.

“There are many advantages to the Titan, notably its 71-centimeter patient aperture–known as the open bore–which will be a benefit in examining large animals,” said Clifford “Kip” Berry, DVM, Dipl. ACVR, a professor of radiology at UF and chief of the Veterinary Medical Center’s radiology service.

Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, is used in veterinary medicine to look inside an animal’s body to evaluate diseases and other problems. The new MR will provide veterinarians with a more detailed anatomic picture through high-resolution imaging, and will enable them to image arterial and venous blood flow with the injection of an intravenous contrast medium, UF veterinarians said

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