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Diagnostic Imaging

The Diagnostic Imaging Section is headed by Dr. Charlie Quick.   This specialty section supports the other specialty sections and emergency critical care section with x-ray, ultrasound and CT procedures and case consultations.  Dr. Quick also accepts direct appointments from pet owners referred by their veterinarian.

 

Facility and Equipment

The Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Therapy wing of Sugar Land Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center houses some large and expensive equipment:

  1. State-of-the-art digital X-ray with image quality surpassing x-ray film. scanwin
  2. GE CTi High Speed Computed Tomography with 3-D planning.ct2ct
  3. Color Flow Doppler Ultrasound with numerous varying frequency transducers Dr. Quick

All of these imaging modalities are networked for use in all areas of the hospital.

Routine Radiographic Procedures

  • Orthopedic
  • PENN H.I.P. examinations
  • OFA (Orthopedic Foundation for Animals) examinations
  • Neurological
  • Cardiovascular
  • Urinary
  • GI
  • Hepatic
  • Dental
  • Nasal

Special Radiographic Procedures

  • Esophagram
  • Upper GI
  • Barium enema
  • Intravenous urogram
  • Portovenogram
  • Myelogram
  • Osseous venogram

Ultrasound Examinations

  • Cardiac
  • Abdominal
  • Thoracic
  • Pleural
  • Neonatal and juvenile brain

Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Biopsies

  • Liver
  • Kidney
  • Prostate gland
  • Pulmonary
  • Stomach and intestinal
  • Mesentric
  • Subcutaneous mass

Endoscopy

Dr. Quick is has been performing endoscopies for 26 years for hundreds of patients. Endoscopy actually falls under the discipline of Internal Medicine, and this service will move to that SLVS Section once we have successfully recruited the best internist for our practice. In the meantime, Dr. Quick is receiving referrals for endoscopic examination for the following systems diagnoses and treatments.

Nasal

Upper Airway

  • Nasopharynx
  • Larynx
  • Trachea
  • Mainstem bronchi

Upper GI

  • Esophagus
  • Stomach
  • Duodenum

Lower GI

  • Rectum
  • Colon
  • Terminal ileum

Diseases diagnosed and sometimes treated with endoscopy include cancer, inflammatory disease, like immune mediated inflammatory gastrointestinal disease, swallowed foreign bodies which are usually retrieved without surgery, swallowing abnormalities, tracheal diseases and urogenital diseases.

Telemedicine

One of the fastest growing new technologies in veterinary medicine is the use of the internet to transmit diagnostic images, i.e. x-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound and color pictures and ECG strips, to a specialist for consultation. Our Diagnostic Imaging Section offers this service to veterinarians typically with a same day reporting. The process is easier with digital x-ray equipment but can be accomplished with a Radiographic Digital Converter or a digital camera on a holding device.

Veterinarians who would like to begin the use of our Telemedicine service should contact our Diagnostic Imaging Section at 281.491.7800 for details and instructions for downloading of software to facilitate the transmission of digital images to our servers.

Sorry, this service is not available to the general public.