Clinical Radiology of the Horse is the best-selling, practical guide to all areas of equine radiography and radiology written by an experienced group of clinicians with a broad range of backgrounds.* Offers an atlas of normal and clinical images, as well as a comprehensive guide to techniques, equipment, positioning, and interpretation for general veterinary practitioners and specialists in imaging and orthopaedics* Updates to this fourth edition fully reflect the move to digital imaging with many new figures in the book and major revisions to the chapters on the head, thorax, and abdomen* Contains expanded coverage of the foot, pastern, and fetlock (now in separate chapters)* Includes a password-protected website with all the images from the book as well as over 200 additional images with examples of more subtle lesions, more fractures, correct technique and positioning versus incorrect, immature horses, progression of disease, and pathological images

ABOUT THE AUTHORSPREFACE to the fourth editionABOUT THE COMPANION WEBSITE1 General principlesIntroduction; Principles of radiography; Principles of radiographic interpretation: radiology; Radiological appearance of physiological changes and some common pathological lesions2 Computed and digital radiography3 The footDistal phalanx (pedal bone); Hoof; Navicular bone4 The proximal and middle phalanges and the proximal interphalangeal joint5 Metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal (fetlock) joints6 The metacarpal and metatarsal regions7 The carpus and antebrachium8 The shoulder, humerus, elbow and radiusScapulohumeral (shoulder) joint and humerus; Humeroradial, humeroulnar and radioulnar (elbow or cubital) joints and radius9 The tarsus10 The stifle and tibiaStifle; Tibia11 The headCranium; Paranasal sinuses (frontal, maxillary, conchal) and maxilla; Teeth and mandible; Pharynx, larynx and Eustachian tube diverticulum12 The vertebral columnCervical vertebrae; Thoracolumbar vertebrae; Sacrum and coccygeal vertebrae13 The pelvis and femurPelvis; Femur14 The thorax15 The alimentary and urinary systemsOesophagus; Abdomen and gastrointestinal tract; Urinary system16 Miscellaneous techniquesArthrography and bursography; Tendonography; Angiography; Venography; Myelography; Pneumocystography;Intravenous Pyelography; Other techniquesAppendix A: Fusion times of physes and suture linesAppendix B: Exposure guide, image quality and film processing faultsAppendix C: GlossaryINDEX