Pilot study of bovine interdigital cassetteless computed radiography

J Vet Med Sci. 2013 Nov;75(11):1503-6. doi: 10.1292/jvms.13-0240. Epub 2013 Jun 19.

Abstract

Twenty-one limbs of bovine cadavers (42 digits) were exposed to interdigital cassetteless imaging plate using computed radiography. The radiographic findings included exostosis, a rough planta surface, osteolysis of the apex of the distal phalanx and widening of the laminar zone between the distal phalanx and the hoof wall. All these findings were confirmed by computed tomography. The hindlimbs (19 digits) showed more changes than the forelimbs (10 digits), particularly in the lateral distal phalanx. The cassetteless computed radiography technique is expected to be an easily applicable method for the distal phalanx rather than a conventional cassette-plate and/or the film-screen cassetteless methods.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle / physiology*
  • Cattle Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Cattle Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Forelimb / diagnostic imaging
  • Forelimb / physiopathology*
  • Hindlimb / diagnostic imaging
  • Hindlimb / physiopathology*
  • Hoof and Claw / diagnostic imaging
  • Hoof and Claw / physiopathology*
  • Lameness, Animal / diagnostic imaging
  • Lameness, Animal / physiopathology*
  • Pilot Projects
  • Radiography