Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Experimental Tendonitis in Sheep

M. B. Hurtig; W. A. Stewart; D. R. Trout; H. Dobson; R. Bahr

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1632427

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1995; 08(01): 52-57
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632427

Original Research

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Experimental Tendonitis in Sheep

M. B. Hurtig

¹From the Department of Clinical Studies

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W. A. Stewart

²Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

,

D. R. Trout

¹From the Department of Clinical Studies

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H. Dobson

¹From the Department of Clinical Studies

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R. Bahr

³Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Experimental tendonitis in sheep is used to demonstrate the advantages of magnetic resonance imaging: three-dimensional imaging ability, high image resolution and the ability to detect alteration in tissue composition that occurs in pathological states.

Keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging - tendonitis - equine

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