Robert O'Brien
Professor, Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Professional Interests: contrast ultrasound; feline cardiopulmonary imaging; and advanced CT imaging of emergency and critical care patients.
Selected Publications:
Waller, KR , O’Brien, RT and McGuirk, SM. Ultrasonographic distribution and duration of edema in the post-partum and over-bagged dairy cows. The Bovine Practitioner. 2007 41: 129-133.
Holloway, A, O’Brien, RT. Perirenal effusion in dogs and cats with acute renal failure. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2007 48:574-579.
Ohlerth, S, O’Brien, RT. Contrast ultrasound-general principles and veterinary applications. The Veterinary Journal 2007 174:501-512.
Matheson, JS, Paul-Murphy, J. O’Brien, RT, Steinberg, H. Quantitative ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and histologic analysis of hepatic iron accumulation in pigeons (Columbia liva). J Zoo Wildl Med 2007 38: 222-30.
O’Brien, RT, Holmes, SP. Recent advances in ultrasound technology. Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice 2007 22: 93-103.
Nyman, HT, O’Brien, RT. Ultrasonography of lymph nodes. Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice. 2007 22: 128-137.
Waller, KR , O’Brien, RT and Zagzebski JA. Quantitative contrast ultrasound analysis of renal perfusion in nomal dogs. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2007 48: 373-377.
O’Brien, RT. Improved detection of metastatic hemangiosarcoma nodules in the liver of three dogs with contrast ultrasound. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound 2007 48:146-148.
Ramer, JC, Benson, KG, Morrisey, J, O’Brien, RT, Paul-Murphy, J. Effects of exogenous melatonin on the clinical course of adrenal cortical disease in the domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo). J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2006 229:1743-1748.
Rodorf, H, vanSchaik, G, O’Brien, RT, Brown, PJ, Barr, FJ, Hall, EJ. Ultrasonographic evaluation of the thickness of the small intestinal wall in dogs with inflammatory bowel disease. J Small Anim Pract 2005 46:322-326.
