Technice

In the projection lateromedial (LM) beam is directed parallel to the ground, the axis of the navicular bone to the contralateral limb lifted to ensure optimum support. Horses suffering from laminitis or lameness should be monitored radiologically, if possible, of the four limbs and without shoes. X-rays are performed on a flat surface with a marker radiolucent line parallel to the ground.

Preparation of Hoof

Clean up as much as possible the wall, palm or sole and frog of the hoof and fill the grooves and the central lagoon of the frog with a radiopaque material.
Fix an element radiolucent 1 cm behind the apex of the frog and other measurement known, vertical to the dorsal surface of the wall.

Projections

The oblique projection palmarodistal dorsoproximal (DPxPDO) can be performed with the limb in support of a podoblock, directing the beam at the coronary band, but thus distorted images are obtained. This method is useful for visualizing the navicular bone and, depending on the angle employed, we can see the distal edge of the bone superimposed on the distal interphalangeal joint.
In the study of navicular bone should be well collimated beam. For other studies of hoof structures, the angle may range between 45 and 85 degrees.
Palmaromedial dorsolateral oblique projections (DLPMO) and dorsomedial palm oblique anterolateral (DMPLO) at 45 degrees allow to determine in some cases, changes in the palmar processes of the third phalanx and the extensor apophysis and insertion of the collateral ligaments distal interphalangeal joint and the lateral and medial navicular bone.
Dorsopalmar projection with the support limb and the beam directed parallel to the ground is sometimes used to determine alterations in the joint space of the distal interphalangeal joint, determining the length of the wall of the hoof and for certain alterations in the extensor processes of the third phalanx.

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