Is There Still Room for Radiographs of the Skull and Spine What to Do If You Don't Have CT or MRI

It is easy to forget that before the advent of advanced, cross-sectional imaging
into veterinary medicine, radiography of the skull and spine was the only imaging modality and in most cases was fully diagnostic. In many situations it is still justified
for radiography to be the first line of investigation even when there are no financial
or logistical constraints against CT or MRI. Radiography is often enough to make a diagnosis or to guide further procedures when a lesion is identified. This is especially true of the head: for the spine it is questionable whether or not myelography should still routinely be performed as this procedure can still be expensive and is not without risk to the patient. In addition, as more spinal MRI is performed, clinicians are losing the skill required to perform and interpret pyelograms. […]