Small-animal PET refers to imaging of animals such as rats and mice using dedicated PET scanners. Small-animal PET has been used extensively in modern biomedical research. It provides a quantitative measure of the 3-dimensional distribution of a radiopharmaceutical administered to a live subject noninvasively. In this article, we will discuss the operational and technical aspects of small-anima...

The American Thoracic Society convened a workshop, ‘‘Advances in Small Animal Imaging: Application to Lung Pathophysiology,’’ to identify cutting-edge research in imaging technology and the potential applicability to the study of lung pathophysiology in small-animal models. The goals of the conference were as follows: (1) to summarize the current state of small-animal models of lung pathophysio...

Dogs presented to the Small Animal Hospital of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran were included in the present study if spinal or intervertebral disc involvement was suspected. Clinical signs were recorded as well as general information of the patient such as age, breed and sex. Sixty dogs were examined radiographically and two standard orthogonal lateral and ventrodorsal projections wer...