Decoding your pet's imaging scans

Decoding pet imaging means explaining an ultrasound, X-ray, CT or MRI report for your pet in plain language, accounting for the animal's species. Upload the report, a photo of the scan, an ECG trace or DICOM (.dcm) files from the clinic's disc — in a few minutes the AI breaks down the findings and medical terms and suggests what to ask your vet. We read scans of dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, rodents, birds and tortoises. The price is a one-time 650 RUB, no subscription. This is informational support, not a diagnosis: the final assessment and treatment always rest with your veterinarian. No sign-up required.

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What else we decode

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Scope

What an ultrasound, X-ray or CT shows in animals

  • Pet ultrasound

    We break down ultrasound reports of the abdomen, heart, bladder and other organs: what the described structures, sizes and echogenicity mean, taking the animal's species and size into account.

  • Animal X-ray

    We explain the terms in an X-ray report — chest, bones and joints, abdomen: opacities, contours, tissue density. We help you understand which findings the vet considered important.

  • Pet CT scan

    We decode CT scan reports: slice-by-slice findings, masses, soft-tissue and bone changes. We put complex wording into plain language.

  • Species and individual factors

    Normal ranges and report wording differ between dogs, cats and other pets. We factor in the species — and, where possible, the animal's age and size — to make the explanations more accurate.

  • Questions for your vet

    After the breakdown you get a list of follow-up questions for your veterinarian — what a specific finding means, whether further tests or monitoring are needed.

  • No diagnosis or prescriptions

    The service helps you make sense of the wording in a report, but it does not diagnose or prescribe treatment for your pet. Only a vet can decide, in person, during an appointment.

  • Files from a disc (DICOM, .dcm)

    If the vet clinic gave you a disc or sent an archive of the study, attach the files themselves in DICOM format — the ones ending in .dcm. These are the originals straight from the scanner: they keep the full brightness scale, so we set brightness and contrast ourselves and measure tissue density as a number instead of judging by eye. You don't need to open them in a viewer.

  • Pet MRI and CT

    We read tomography reports and explain why that particular study was chosen: MRI shows soft tissue, the brain and the spinal cord, while CT shows bone, lungs and space-occupying masses and is far quicker. In animals both almost always require general anaesthesia, so the decision is weighed carefully — and that is part of the conversation with the vet we prepare you for.

  • Heart ultrasound, echo and ECG

    We read echocardiography reports — chamber sizes, wall thickness, flow velocities and what lies behind them — and the ECG trace itself: that is an image, and our imaging engine works with it. We help you understand what a murmur, an arrhythmia or an enlarged heart means and what to ask a veterinary cardiologist.

  • Horses, rabbits, rodents, birds, tortoises

    Imaging is not limited to dogs and cats: an X-ray of a tortoise, rabbit, hamster, guinea pig or parrot, and X-rays and ultrasound of a horse are read against that species' anatomy. For small pets a scan is often the first objective study of any kind — blood is rarely drawn from them, so reading the image gives disproportionately much.

How it works

Three steps to a clear result

  1. Upload your data

    Take a photo of a test or scan, upload a PDF — or just describe your symptoms. Several files at once, no sign-up.

  2. AI analyses everything

    It reads test values and findings on images and checks them against reference ranges. For tests from different dates, it tracks the trend.

  3. A clear result

    What’s normal, what’s off and what it means — in plain language, with advice on which doctor to see.

How this compares to a vet, chatbots and forums

LabReadAIVet visitGeneral chatbotSearch and forums
Price650 RUB one-time, no subscriptiontypically a paid appointmentfree or subscriptionfree
Timea few minutesbooking and a trip to the clinicinstanthours on owners' forums
Inputphoto/PDF of the report, DICOM (.dcm) from the clinic's discthe report plus the scans and an exam of the animaltext typed by hand; cannot parse DICOMterms searched one by one
You getthe report in plain language with the species in mind, and questions for your veta diagnosis and treatment — something only a veterinarian may providegeneral facts without the species contextother people's cases, often about a different species
Limitsinformational breakdown, not a diagnosis; does not replace an examtakes time and a visit with your petconfuses species norms and wordingeasy to get scared by irrelevant stories

The breakdown does not replace a veterinarian: the final read of the scans and any treatment happen at an in-person appointment. The service helps you understand the report and arrive with specific questions.

FAQ

Pet imaging: common questions

  • Yes. Upload the report or a photo of the ultrasound, X-ray or CT description for your pet — the AI will break down the terms and findings in plain language, taking the species into account. This helps you prepare for the conversation with your vet, but it doesn't replace an in-person exam or a diagnosis from a veterinarian.
  • Animals have different normal ranges, anatomy and report wording, and these also vary between species — dogs, cats and other pets. That's why we factor in the species when explaining things. In essence and in its limits, the service is the same: it helps you understand the text of a report, it doesn't treat.
  • No. The decoding is informational: it explains what the report says and helps you frame your questions. Only a veterinarian, examining your pet in full during an appointment, can make a diagnosis, assess the images and prescribe treatment.
  • The decoding costs 650 RUB — a one-time payment with no subscription and no recurring charges. No sign-up is required: just upload your pet's imaging report or the study files. The current price, including any promotions, is shown in the form before you start.
  • A general-purpose chatbot can explain a single term, but it reads veterinary reports unreliably: normal ranges and wording differ between species, and it typically cannot parse DICOM files from a disc at all. LabReadAI reads the whole report with the animal's species in mind, accepts DICOM (.dcm) files with the full brightness scale, and prepares questions for your vet. The final read of any scan is always made by a veterinarian.
  • Yes. If the clinic gave you a disc or sent an archive of the study, attach the files themselves in DICOM format (.dcm) — up to 10 slices, each up to 50 MB and up to 150 MB for the whole batch. These are the originals straight from the scanner: they keep the full brightness scale, so we set brightness and contrast ourselves and measure tissue density as a number rather than by eye. You don't need to open them in a viewer — upload them as they are. If you do want to look at them yourself: how to open an MRI or CT disc and how to open a DICOM (.dcm) file. If you have no such files, ordinary photos of the scan and the report work fine.
  • Any animal that has a scan: dogs and cats most often, but X-rays and ultrasound of a horse, rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, rat, ferret, parrot or tortoise are read the same way. Anatomy and the normal picture differ between species, and the breakdown works from your animal's species rather than a generic template. What is looked at in small pets is covered in our guide to their X-rays and ultrasound, and in reptiles — in the tortoise X-ray guide.
  • The structure of the organs: liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder, adrenals, pancreas, the bowel wall, lymph nodes and free fluid. Ultrasound answers "what does the organ look like" well, and "why does it look that way" poorly: the cause is usually pinned down with lab tests and follow-up. What the report actually says and how to read it is covered separately for the dog and for the cat.
  • Yes. An echocardiography report is read from its numbers — chamber sizes, wall thickness, velocities and gradients — and the ECG trace is read as an image, which is exactly what the imaging engine handles. We explain what an arrhythmia, a murmur or enlarged chambers implies and what to ask a veterinary cardiologist. When these studies are needed at all is covered in our guide to heart ultrasound and ECG in dogs.
  • They answer different questions. MRI shows soft tissue, the brain, the spinal cord and intervertebral discs; CT shows bone, lungs, sinuses and space-occupying masses, and is many times faster. Both require the animal to stay still, meaning general anaesthesia, so the speed of CT sometimes decides the choice. A full comparison is in our guide to MRI and CT in dogs and cats. The study itself and the anaesthesia are decided by a veterinarian.

Reviews

What our users say

Stories from people who already got a clear breakdown of their results. All reviews

  • Alina — отзыв о LabReadAI

    Alina

    Pet scans

    I uploaded my cat's x-ray here to quickly figure out what's going on. The service deciphered the scan in just a few minutes, broke everything down clearly, and put my mind at ease. Everything's written in a really easy-to-understand way. As a pet owner, I immediately understood what to pay attention to before going to the vet. Super cool and useful thing, now I recommend it to all my friends who have dogs and cats!

  • Dasha — отзыв о LabReadAI

    Dasha

    Pet scans

    My cat has been acting kind of sluggish lately, and I got really scared. I rushed to get an X-ray done. To keep myself from freaking out on the way to the vet, I uploaded the scan here. The service explained everything so quickly and gently, put my mind at ease that there's nothing serious or scary going on. Thank you so much for this section — for pet owners like us, it's literally a lifesaver when you're stressed out!

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