Veterinary Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging

The Veterinary Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging service provides complete diagnostic imaging services to all hospital patients and teleradiology to referring veterinarians. Our professional faculty and staff offer world-class, timely service to our veterinary patients and clinicians.

In this section

Hours & Appointments
Common Conditions
Service Highlights
Teleradiology Service
Special Equipment & Technology
What to Expect
Care Team
Support Veterinary Radiology

Hours & Appointment Scheduling

Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Emergency radiology, CT and ultrasound: Available at any time

Common Conditions

Thoracic, abdominal, and musculoskeletal radiography

Special radiographic procedures
Myelography, excretory urography and cystography, fluoroscopic examination of the esophagus and trachea, barium gastrointestinal studies, and arthrography

Ultrasound examinations
Abdominal, thoracic and musculoskeletal ultrasound. Needle aspirates and biopsies using ultrasound guidance.

Nuclear medicine examinations
Bone scans in horses, thyroid studies in cats, including I-131 hyperthyroid therapy, and evaluation for portosystemic shunts and renal disorders

CT examinations
Assessment of diseases of the head, spine, ears, heart, lungs, abdomen, bones and joints. When necessary, CT can be used to guide needle biopsies

MR examinations
Small animal neurologic imaging (brain and spine), Equine musculoskeletal and head imaging

Service Highlights

Digital radiography
Fluoroscopy
Diagnostic ultrasound
Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT)
Nuclear medicine services
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Our Teleradiology Service

The Teleradiology service available through the Veterinary Medical Center (VMC) provides a faster means to get digital images to a radiologist for interpretation and back out to the practitioner to assist with case management. Most results are provided within 24 hours or less.

Ohio State's veterinary radiology department has been completely digital since 2005. Today, most veterinary practices are changing to all-digital radiology as well. With this new capability, images can be sent in advance of the appointment so they can be reviewed before the client arrives at the VMC. The files are DICOM files, which is an acronym for Digital Imaging in Communications and Medicine. Whether radiology, ultrasound, CT, MRI or nuclear medicine, all imaging can be transmitted in DICOM file format.

The teleradiology service enables the VMC's Diagnostic Imaging & Radiation Oncology team to be more accessible to veterinary practices and hospitals, and help with cases in a more timely manner; it also allows more learning opportunities (caseload) for our residents and interns.

For more information about teleradiology consults or file submssions using our CoreOne laboratory portal, please use the link below.

Please note: At present, our teleradiology service is only accepting requests from Ohio-based practices. We apologize for any inconvenience to those outside of the state at this time.

Referring veterinarian portal access information

Special Equipment & Technology

Digital radiography: two, small animal radiology machines, fluoroscopy, and two, dedicated large animal radiology suites
Three diagnostic ultrasound machines (in-house)
Nuclear medicine suite equipped with large and small field-of-view gamma cameras; motion correction software
Multidetector (128-slice) CT scanner for rapid patient imaging; CT table for horse and farm animals up to 2,000 lbs.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - 3T Phillips Ingenia for small and large animal imaging

What to Expect

All companion animal, farm and equine imaging patients are referred to Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging by a clinical specialty service within the Veterinary Medical Center. Your Veterinary Medical Center specialty clinician will explain the results of the imaging examination to you. If necessary, the radiologists are available for consultation. Preliminary imaging reports are available the day of the examination, with final reports available the following morning.