Find the Right CT for Your Veterinary Practice
Compare systems by clinical need, workflow, space, and long-term value.
Choosing advanced imaging is a major clinical and business decision. Start with practical questions: which cases do you want to diagnose, which patients do you serve, what fits your workflow and space, and what level of service will keep your team productive? Patterson helps veterinary practices match those needs with the right system, installation, clinical training, technical service, and ongoing support.
For general practice: Dentistry, ENT, orthopedic, spinal, and pulmonary imaging.
For emergency and specialty: Fast, high-quality soft-tissue and full-body imaging.
For every practice: Clear installation requirements, training, service, and return-on-investment guidance.
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Veterinary Advanced Imaging Advisor
The right imaging system starts with your practice.
Not a model number. Not a slice count. A system matched to the cases you want to diagnose, the patients you serve, the room you have, the budget you can support, and the program your team is ready to build.
One decision, viewed from every angleClinical capability and operational reality belong in the same conversation.
11 focused questionsA guided requirements profile with an explained recommendation.
Multiple technologiesHigh-resolution, helical, multislice CT, and MRI.
Lifetime partnershipPlanning, training, service, and program growth.
Start with the need
What does your practice need imaging to do?
The right answer sits at the intersection of medicine, workflow, facility, and people. We make each factor visible before asking you to choose a system.
Which cases should stay in-house?
Dental and ENT detail, orthopedic and spinal work, thoracic and abdominal soft tissue, cardiac imaging, emergency care, or advanced referral applications.
Who and how often will you scan?
Patient size, expected study volume, anesthesia needs, scan speed, and access all influence the practical fit.
What can your facility support?
Room dimensions, shielding, power, siting, installation, and the way patients move through your hospital matter from day one.
How will the program succeed?
Team experience, staff adoption, clinical training, service coverage, case growth, and financial goals complete the decision.
A decision you can understand
From uncertainty to a defensible direction.
You should know not only what we recommend, but why. Our process turns your answers into a requirements profile and makes the tradeoffs clear.
Define the job
Capture clinical focus, patient range, workflow, space, team readiness, and expected volume.
Compare the fit
Evaluate the CT pathways that meet those requirements, including a primary direction and close alternative.
Explain the recommendation
See the factors that drove the result, the tradeoffs to validate, and the next questions for a specialist.
Technology paths
Different practices need different strengths.
These are starting directions, not shortcuts. The decision guide weighs the details that determine which configuration is right for your hospital.
High-Resolution CT
Often considered when fine spatial detail, dentistry, ENT, orthopedic, spinal, exotics, and a veterinary-centered workflow are priorities.
Explore NewTom, MyVet, and Xoran VetCAT pathwaysHelical CT
A versatile direction for practices seeking efficient full-body imaging across soft tissue, thoracic, abdominal, orthopedic, and spinal studies.
Balance versatility, access, and workflowMultislice CT
Broad capability for emergency, specialty, referral, cardiac, higher-volume, and advanced applications where speed and performance are central.
Compare GE, Siemens, Philips, and Toshiba optionsMRI
For programs where soft-tissue contrast, neurologic, musculoskeletal, or advanced referral imaging drives the clinical requirement.
Plan modality, siting, workflow, and support togetherNeeds first. Affiliation clear.
Your practice leads. The recommendation follows.
The goal is to find the best fit for your practice—not to force every hospital toward the same technology. Chris compares clinically relevant new and refurbished solutions, including options outside Patterson’s catalog when they are the better fit, then connects the choice to installation, training, service, and program economics.
One conversation. Multiple right-fit possibilities.
System availability and configurations vary. Your imaging specialist will help validate current options against your requirements.
Success beyond the scanner
The right system includes the right support.
Clinical need chooses the direction. Staff adoption, dependable service, and a realistic program plan turn the investment into everyday medicine.
Match capabilities and tradeoffs to your practice.
Plan room, power, shielding, and workflow.
Techs train techs. Doctors train doctors.
Support uptime with technical service and maintenance.
Develop case confidence, utilization, and program value.
Your practice is the starting point
Find the system that fits what you are building.
Answer eleven focused questions to receive a recommended direction, a close alternative, and a clear explanation of the factors behind both.
About this resource
Veterinary Advanced Imaging Advisor is independently created and maintained by Chris Weaver, National Imaging Manager at Patterson Veterinary. It is not an official Patterson Companies website.
Recommendations begin with your clinical needs, available space, workflow, budget, and team readiness. They may include systems Patterson does not sell; when an outside option is the best fit, it will be identified clearly. Consultation requests are sent directly to Chris at Patterson.