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Review of Ultrasonographic Techniques to Improve Musculoskeletal Image Quality
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1. Introduction
Ultrasound has been used for equine musculoskeletal imaging since the 1980s, when it was primarily used to diagnose superficial digital flexor tendonitis in racehorses. Since that time, ultrasound has gained worldwide acceptance as a diagnostic tool for musculoskeletal injuries in nearly any region of the horse. The use of ultrasound to evaluate many structures and joints has been described, and injuries have been well documented.1–28 Equine veterinarians have also benefitted from dramatic improvements in ultrasound equipment over the past decade, both in image quality and portability. Ambulatory practitioners are now able to produce images with portable machines that are similar in quality to those obtained with large, non-portable console units. Owners have also come to expect that veterinarians will able to evaluate most regions ultrasonographically with little understanding of the degree of technical skills required for such exams. Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become available for equine use, ultrasound is still routinely used to diagnose musculoskeletal injuries in many clinics because of the relative high cost of MRI, its lack of widespread availability, and its inability to evaluate all regions of the horse. [...]
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