Cave Creek Equine Surgical and Diagnostic Imaging Center
Digital Ultrasound
Digital Ultrasound
Ultrasound utilizes sound waves to image soft tissue structures: tendons and ligaments (allowing us to see even the early, subtle tendon bows”), joints, and structures within the chest (heart and lungs) and abdomen (liver, spleen, intestine). This technology is extremely important in determining when horses with injured tendons and ligaments are ready to return to work, and how to guide their rehabilitation protocols throughout the healing process. It also accurately guides injection of stem cells into injured areas of tendons and ligaments.
Ultrasound utilizes sound waves to image soft tissue structures: tendons and ligaments (allowing us to see even the early, subtle tendon bows”), joints, and structures within the chest (heart and lungs) and abdomen (liver, spleen, intestine). This technology is extremely important in determining when horses with injured tendons and ligaments are ready to return to work, and how to guide their rehabilitation protocols throughout the healing process. It also accurately guides injection of stem cells into injured areas of tendons and ligaments.