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A wide spectrum of vascular disorders with different degrees of clinical relevance can involve the abdominal vasculature in dogs and cats. The selection of an MDCTA imaging protocol depends on appropriate consideration of the clinical question, including the type of anomaly suspected and the vascular district (arterial, portal, or venous) involved. Several important differences exist between spiral CT and the most advanced MDCT technologies in MDCTA scan protocol design and post-processing analysis.
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Bertolini, G. (2017). The Abdominal Vasculature. In: Bertolini, G. (eds) Body MDCT in Small Animals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46904-1_3
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