Friendship Veterinary Imaging Center

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Friendship Veterinary Imaging Center

Providing accurate, complete, and timely veterinary imaging and interventional procedures in consultation with your primary care veterinarian.

01/14/2026

Come with us as we delve into the history of our building and how it has evolved into a state of the art imaging center. We are honored to work in a space that has been committed to animal health since the 1950s and grateful we can continue to bring compassionate care to the community.

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas from Friendship Veterinary Imaging Center! Featuring Dr. Lustgarten’s dogs—Honeysuckle and Ms. Lilly Mae Violet—sending holiday cheer to all of our patients and their owners.

12/17/2025

Full-body bone scans at Friendship Imaging Center routinely include at least three views of the skull. While performance issues are often attributed to the neck, back, or limbs, it’s not uncommon to identify potential sources of discomfort within the skull.

In this case, the bone scan revealed increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in the lower mandibular incisors. Follow-up radiographs confirmed evidence of EOTRH, a degenerative and painful dental disease.

Additional findings on skull imaging may include fractures, cheek tooth dental disease, sinusitis, and TMJ pathology.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Friendship Veterinary Imaging Center! This year we are especially grateful for our clients, referring veterinarians, and this wonderful community who support us in providing care to all creatures great and small.

Our office manager, Ellen, captured this lovely photo from our backyard. How lucky are we to be in this beautiful area!

11/12/2025

Have you ever wondered how an equine bone scan works? Check out this short video for a behind the scenes peek! We commonly use this to look for areas of bony inflammation that can cause discomfort or performance issues.

09/15/2025

On Saturday we were lucky enough to host a group of North Carolina State veterinary students for a fun day of radiology. Dr. Lustgarten presented a lecture on the acquisition and interpretation of images and then each student got hands-on practice with ultrasounding distal limbs and chests. We love what we do and we are even more excited to support the next generation of veterinarians!

09/08/2025

May your Monday be as chill as Baxter’s nap. Big or small, we love them all—and we’re here to serve every kind of critter! 🐾 🐴 🐈 💕

09/03/2025

🌟 It’s Five Points Horse Trials weekend! 🌟

Best of luck to all the incredible horses and riders competing—we’re cheering you on! At Friendship Veterinary Imaging Center, we’re honored to be part of the team behind the scenes, helping keep these athletes healthy and ready to perform their best. Wishing everyone a safe, fun, and successful weekend! 🏇💙

Photo credit: High Time Photography

08/26/2025

🌟 Get to Know Ellen! 🌟

Ellen is the Practice Manager here at Friendship Veterinary Imaging Center, where she keeps everything running smoothly—handling the scheduling of our patients and keeping our doctors on time (and trust us, that’s no easy task 😉). 💼🩺

She brings over 40 years of hands-on equine experience to her role, including work with international three-day event horses. Ellen has managed training, veterinary care, and competition logistics all over the world—from Australia to Europe—and has been part of Olympic, World Equestrian Games, and Pan Am Teams as both a groom and USET Stable Manager. 🐴✨

Here in Vass, Ellen runs a small farm with her two horses and two cats. She’s also a dedicated volunteer at the Carolina Horse Park, where she was inducted into their Volunteer Hall of Fame. When she’s not with the horses, you might find her traveling, painting, or tending her delightfully “chaotic” garden. 🌱🎨✈️

We’re so lucky and grateful to have Ellen’s organization, expertise, and good humor guiding the FVIC team every day! 💙

08/08/2025

🥰 Patient of the day alert! 🥰

Somebody forgot their clothes at home. Meet Dobby, a sphinx that came in for an ultrasound with Dr. Lustgarten when he wasn’t feeling so hot. Ultrasound is a valuable diagnostic in small animal patients as it can detect areas of inflammation, neoplasia and trauma. Friendship Veterinary Imaging Center is honored to help care for your small animal patients as well as their equine counterparts.

08/06/2025

The 2025 Equine Sports Medicine Symposium is coming up August 22nd and 23rd in Pittsboro, NC. This is an excellent educational opportunity available for all, including veterinarians, farriers, and horse owners. Check out the website to learn more. We hope to see you there!

https://equinesportsmedicinesymposium.com

08/05/2025

We are proud to share that Dr. Meghann Lustgarten was recently invited to coauthor a peer-reviewed article focused on advancements in imaging technologies for the diagnosis and monitoring of equine tendon and ligament injuries.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Lustgarten remains actively involved in expanding the field of equine sports medicine and imaging. Her latest publication highlights how advanced imaging modalities—including ultrasound, CT, and MRI—are improving our ability to assess and better understand soft tissue injuries in horses. These tools are helping to enhance diagnostic accuracy, guide treatment planning, and reduce the risk of reinjury.

Dr. Lustgarten’s continued contributions to both clinical practice and research reflect our commitment to evidence-based medicine and the highest standard of care for our patients.

Check out the abstract here ➡

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104 Berylwood Lane
Vass, NC
28394

Website

https://friendshipimaging.com/

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