Charles Ley

Clinical Veterinary Radiologist, University Animal Hospital, SLU.

Researcher and lecturer, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, SLU.

• Diagnostic imaging of osteoarthritis and measurement of body fat content in domestic cats.
• Diagnostic imaging and microscopy of early osteoarthritis in young Icelandic horses.
• Veterinary nuclear medicine.
• Diagnostic imaging of osteochondrosis in pigs.

Previous positions

• Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, 3^rd July 2017 – 31^st December 2017.
• Clinical Veterinary Radiologist, University Animal Hospital, SLU and Researcher and lecturer, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, SLU, 2014-2017.
• PhD student, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, SLU 2010-2014.
• Clinical Veterinary Radiologist, University Animal Hospital, SLU 2006-2010.
• Resident in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Clinical Pathology, SLU 2003-2006.

Education/Qualifications

• PhD, Section for Diagnostic Imaging, Division of Diagnostics and Large Animals, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, SLU 2014. Project title: Imaging of Early Distal Tarsal Osteoarthritis in Icelandic Horses.
• Swedish specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging of the dog and cat, 2007.
• Degree of Master of Veterinary Medicine (Diagnostic Imaging), SLU, Uppsala 2007 (Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Clinical Pathology), ‘Navicular bone location in radiographs and solar scintigrams’.
• Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging, 2006.
• Member of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists, by examination in Veterinary Radiology 2002;
• Swedish veterinary registration, 2003.
• Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, London 1994.
• Bachelor of Veterinary Science with second class honours, University of Sydney 1993.

Selected other assignments

• Director of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging residency programme in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging, SLU, 2007–current.
• Member of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging credentials committee 2013–2017, and chairperson of the credentials committee (ECVDI board member) 2016.
• Visiting scholar, University of Sydney, Australia June-August 2011.
• Deputy director, Diagnostic Imaging Clinic, UDS, SLU, 2007-2009.
• Head of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging Clinic, SLU, Sept – Dec 2006

Supervisor AK6 student exam projects

• Zetterström, F. 2017. Utvärdering av en metod för mätning av kroppsfett hos katt med helkropps datortomografi.
• Hietala, E. 2017, Radioaktiv jodbehandling av hypertyreoidism hos katt Behandlingsresultat vid användning av totala tyroxin-nivåer för dosberäkning samt utvärdering av strålskydd
• Corin, A. 2016. Intraartikulär mineralisering i knäleden hos katt : en undersökning av potentiellt predisponerande faktorer, bilddiagnostisk detektion och association med morfologiska osteoartritlesioner i ledbrosket.
• Nilsson, A. 2012. Dopplerultraljudsundersökning av böjsenor och gaffelband i kliniskt normala metakarpalregioner på sju hästar.
• Zötterman, K. 2011. MRT av tarsallederna hos den unga islandshästen.
• Nolby, P. 2010. Jämförelse mellan kreatinin i serum och GFR mätt med scintigrafi hos hundar.
• Kubacki, C. 2010. Effekten av temperatur, tid och radio-sekvenser puls på bildens utseende och kvalitet i magnetisk resonanstomografi av häst hasled.
• Nilsson, M. 2008. Ultraljud undersökning av muskuloskeletala strukturer hos hundar.
• Svadängs, J 2007. Bilddiagnostik av portosystemic shuntar - utvärdering av trans-mjälten portal scintigrafi.
• Karlsson, M. 2006. Förekomst av sand i mag-tarmkanalen hos hästar med några kliniska gastrointestinala problem.

Co-supervisor AK6 student exam projects

• Nyberg, T. 2017. Karakterisering av fettansättning hos katt samt dess betydelse för postmortal hullbedömning.
• Sandelin, K. 2015. Olinjärt ultraljud för undersökning av sprickor i skelettet hos häst, en pilotstudie. 

• Leijon A., Ley C.J., Corin A. & Ley C. (2017) Cartilage lesions in feline stifle joints – Associations with articular mineralizations and implications for osteoarthritis. Res Vet Sci 114:186-193. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28472738
• Pelander L., Häggström J., Ley C.J. & Ljungvall I. (2017) Cardiac Troponin I and Amino-Terminal Pro B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Dogs With Stable Chronic Kidney Disease. J Vet Iintern Med 31(3):805-813. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28370332
• Etterlin P.E., Ekman S., Strand R., Olstad K. & Ley C.J. (2017) Osteochondrosis, Synovial Fossae, and Articular Indentations in the Talus and Distal Tibia of Growing Domestic Pigs and Wild Boars. Vet pathol 54(3):445-456. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28129094
• Rapp M., Ley C.J., Hansson K., & Sjöström L. (2017) Postoperative computed tomography and low-field magnetic resonance imaging findings in dogs with degenerative lumbosacral stenosis treated by dorsal laminectomy. Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 30(2):143-152.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28094419
• Ley C.J., Björnsdóttir S., Ekman S., Boyde A. & Hansson K. (2016) Detection of early osteoarthritis in the centrodistal joints of Icelandic horses: Evaluation of radiography and low-field magnetic resonance imaging. Equine Vet J 48 (1) 57-64. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25290785
• Ley C.J., Ekman S., Hansson K., Björnsdóttir, S. & Boyde, A. (2014) Osteochondral lesions in distal tarsal joints of Icelandic horses reveal strong associations between hyaline and calcified cartilage abnormalities. European Cells and Materials 27, 213-236. http://www.ecmjournal.org/journal/papers/vol027/vol027a16.php
• Westgren F, Ley CJ, Kampa N and Lord P. (2014) The influence of hydration on glomerular filtration rate measured by two Scintigraphic methods in dogs with clinically suspected renal disease. J Vet Radiol Ultrasound 55 (6) 632-637. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/vru.12173/abstract
• Westgren F, Hjorth T, Uhlhorn M, Etterlin PE, Ley CJ. (2014) Hepatic emphysema associated with ultrasound-guided liver biopsy in a dog. Acta Vet Scand 56: 25. http://www.actavetscand.com/content/56/1/25
• Pilton JL, Ley CJ, Voss K, Krockenberger MB, Barrs VR, Beatty JA.  (2014) Atypical, abscessated nasopharyngeal polyp associated with expansion and lysis of the tympanic bulla. J Feline Med Surg. 16 (8) 699-702. http://jfm.sagepub.com/content/16/8/699.abstract
• Ley CJ, Ekman S, Dahlberg LE, Björnsdottir S, Hansson K. (2013) Evaluation of osteochondral sample collection guided by CT and MRI for early detection of OA in centrodistal joints of young Icelandic horses. Am J Vet Res ;74: 874-887. http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/abs/10.2460/ajvr.74.6.874
• Grapperon Mathis M, Ley C, Berger M and Hansson K (2012). Evaluation of a positioning method for equine lateral stifle scintigrams. Acta Vet Scand 54, 38. http://www.actavetscand.com/content/54/1/38
• Tóth T, Liman J, Larsdotter S, Ley C, Karlstam E and Kendall, A (2012). Megavesica in a neonatal foal. Equine Vet Ed 24, 396-403. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2042-3292.2011.00299.x/abstract
• Larsdotter S, Ley C and Pringle J. (2009) Renal pseudoaneurysm as a cause of hematuria in a colt. Can Vet J, 50 (7): 759-62.
• Kendall A, Ley C, Egenvall A and Brojer J (2008), Radiographic parameters for diagnosing sand colic in horses. Acta Vet Scand2008, 50:17. http://www.actavetscand.com/content/50/1/17