The presentation
- A canine patient presents overnight after a collapse episode, with pale mucous membranes and a weak pulse.
- The emergency team stabilizes, then takes thoracic and abdominal radiographs.
- The clinical question is immediate: is there free fluid, and does this patient go to surgery tonight?
At submission
- Priority chosen: Wet Read. It is the fastest option, read while you wait, and the team needs a targeted answer before deciding on surgery.
- Study uploaded: Original DICOM files, orthogonal views, left and right marked.
- Question submitted: Free abdominal fluid, splenic or hepatic mass, thoracic metastatic disease. Stated explicitly rather than left implicit.
- History attached: Signalment, collapse timing, mucous membrane color, blood pressure, packed cell volume, and the decision that hangs on the read.
What comes back
- The radiologist addresses the submitted questions directly, in the order the team needs them.
- Real-Time Chat opens on the case, so the clinician asks one follow-up question about a second region and gets an answer in seconds rather than through voicemail.
- The comprehensive final report from the same radiologist follows before the end of the shift, with the prioritized diagnoses and recommendations first and the full findings below.
- The report injects into the matching radiology order in the practice information management system, so nobody re-keys it.
Where it leaves the team
The surgical decision is made on a board-certified read rather than on an overnight best guess, and the full report is on the record the following morning without additional administrative work.
Frequently asked questions
Is a Wet Read a replacement for the full report?
No. A Wet Read answers the targeted, indication-specific questions you submit. The same radiologist provides the comprehensive final report before the end of the shift.
Who reads an overnight case?
An ACVR- or ECVDI-certified radiologist. Every case, at every priority and every hour, is read by a board-certified radiologist.
How do I ask a follow-up question in the middle of the night?
Real-Time Chat sits on every case, with separate threads for clinic and radiologist, clinic and Operations Team, and radiologists and Operations Team. A question reaches the reading radiologist in seconds.