Wear Referrals
5-11 Tenters Street
Bishop Auckland
County Durham
DL14 7AD

T: 01388 602707
F: 01388 605660

info@wear-referrals.co.uk

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Since August 2006 our own in-house MRI scanner is fully available for clinical cases. MRI enables us to obtain a more accurate diagnosis of the pet’s problem and facilitate surgical planning. As this is an in-house MR scanner, urgent cases can be seen the same day or the next day.

What is MRI?
Magnetic resonance imaging is a non-invasive method of acquiring images of your pet’s body, painlessly and with great precision. It can take images in any requested plane and of any tissue. MRI uses field and radio frequency pulses. It does not involve the use of radiation (like with x-rays). Currently no dangerous side effects of MRI are known.

The main clinical uses of MRI are:
- Brain Disease; MRI is the method of choice when investigation suspected brain disease
- Spinal Disease
- Nasal Disease
- (Peri)-Ocular Disease
- Middle Ear Disease
- Musculo-Skeletal problems of joints, muscles and tendons
- Oncology; Establishing tumour margins and metastatic disease

We work closely together with the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club and provide their MRI screening for Chiari Malformation/Syringo-Hydromyelia.

Please contact us for further information.