CT images are created by capturing individual slices of the patient, rather than generating a full volume set.

How can body condition scoring be used in sea turtle rehabilitation?

A sea turtle presenting with a weak flipper movement and inability to lift its head is considered dull and obtunded.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides better contrast resolution than CT.

In nuclear scintigraphy, technetium-99 is commonly used to assess bone.

Harmonic imaging (THI) in ultrasound improves image resolution and reduces artifacts.

What condition commonly results in sea turtles presenting with significant ocular swelling and conjunctivitis?

Loggerhead sea turtles primarily use their front flippers for propulsion and their hind flippers for steering.

The body condition index (BCI) provides a quantitative measure of a sea turtle’s body condition using weight and carapace length.

The Hounsfield unit (HU) for water is considered to be 100.