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The importance of this exam, combined with the challenges of
imaging horses – positioning, slight sedation, etc. – has made
the equine prepurchasing exam a great research environment
for the development of our digital image acquisition and
management software for veterinary applications.
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to travel to Cape
Elizabeth, Maine, and spend time at Spurwink Farm.
Previously, the farm was an award-winning cattle operation. In
the past ten years, Spurwink Farm has transitioned to boarding
horses. The farm is currently filled to capacity with 47 horses.
Three full-time and one part-time staff attend to the animals
and site each day, and veterinarians make visits as needed.
Digital radiography certainly offered several advantages to the
equine vets supporting this prepurchase exam – more
consistent image quality, less time per study, less sedation and
radiation exposure for the horses, and reduced retakes, thanks
to image enhancement and manipulation. But what became
apparent in my observation were the equine veterinarians’
unmet workflow needs as they related to the image
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