Advanced Diagnostic Services

Our imaging team is lead by an RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animals Diagnostic Imaging, and are fully equipped with on-site digital radiography (X-Rays), ultrasound, flexible and rigid endoscopy, CT and MRI, allowing us to choose the best modality to diagnose various conditions without compromise. 

Our Equipments

• State of the art DR radiography giving accurate results in seconds when rapid screening is required.
• Hospital Grade Ultrasound for muscle, cardiac, abdominal and guided nerve blocks. 
• Sixteen slice GE CT, as found in many human hospitals for gold standard thoracic and abdominal imaging.
• High pressure dye injection for accurate arterial phase imaging.
• 1.5T High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner for musculoskeletal, brain and spinal imaging
• Flexible and Rigid endoscope for allow examination and retrieval of foreign bodies or biopsies. 

Disorders commonly managed by our team

• Thromboembolic diseases: Portosystemic Shunts (Extrahepatic and Intrahepatic) and Pulmonary Thromboemobolism through CT Angiography.
• Full cancer staging – through full body CT and abdominal ultrasound with guided needle biopsy or minimally invasive surgical sampling (in conjunction with Internal Medicine).
• Complex skull, spinal and elbow (e.g. Y-Type) fractures.
• Complex poly-trauma cases.
• Chronic nasal and airway disease.
• Chronic gut disease.
• Chronic or congenital urinary disease 
• Challenging cancer cases – insulinoma (via arterial phase angiography), adrenal tumours, spinal cord and brain tumours. 
• Advanced diagnostic neuroimaging (MRI) – intervertebral disc diseases, inflammatory brain diseases, brain tumours. 
• Advanced 3D ophthalmic imaging (MRI) for conditions such as optic neuritis, retrobulbar diseases and uveodermatological syndrome (ophthalmic presentation). 

Fully integrated diagnostic service

Our team believes that no discipline can function without another and therefore our diagnostic imaging team works closely with all other departments to offer a fully integrated service.

With a fully equipped on-site diagnostic imaging suite and same day reporting, our imaging team can quickly produce diagnostic results for all other services to help formulate the optimal treatment plan for our patients.

Our on-suite CT and MRI also allow pre-surgically planning for complex fracture repairs, oncological surgeries and spinal surgeries. 

Minimally Invasive Confirmational Diagnostics (Flexible and Rigid Endoscopy)

Where appropriate, biopsy sample are required for a final diagnosis. 

Our diagnostic team is routinely performs ultrasound guided needle biopsies for full cancer staging and are equipped with flexible and rigid endoscopies for minimally invasive surgical biopsies where required.