About Radabase

Why Radabase exists

Veterinary imaging references can be surprisingly difficult to find. Useful examples are often published in manuscripts behind a paywall or available only through an institutional subscription. Images shared in blogs and other online posts can also be helpful, but their diagnosis may not be supported by histopathology or another form of confirmation, and the interpretation may not have specialist oversight.

Radabase was created as a free, shared reference library of real, de-identified veterinary imaging cases. If you want to see what a particular disease can look like on radiographs, ultrasound, CT, MRI, or another available modality, this library offers a place to look for reviewed examples. Cases are reviewed by board-certified radiologists and, when relevant, other specialists before publication, and diagnostic certainty is stated clearly.

Radabase is an additional visual reference, not a replacement for primary literature, specialist consultation, or clinical judgment. A reviewed example cannot represent every way a disease may appear in an individual patient.

Encouraging interest in imaging

Radabase is also meant to make imaging more approachable. Seeing real, reviewed cases helps connect textbook descriptions to what a study actually looks like.

That’s why the library is free and open, why there’s a quiz mode and a question of the day, and why contributors are credited by name. If you have a good case of your own, consider sharing it.

How a case gets published

1
A contributor uploads key images
Contributors confirm they have permission from their institution and that the case is de-identified before submitting. Uploads land in a private review area that the public site cannot read.
2
Automatic screening flags burned-in text
Images are scanned in the browser for dates, ID numbers and name-shaped strings in the corners. Flags are advisory — a human always makes the call.
3
A reviewer checks and confirms the level
A reviewer verifies de-identification and the diagnosis, and confirms the teaching level: vet student and tech, veterinarian, or radiologist.
4
Only then does it become public
On approval, the reviewed images are copied into the separate public store and the raw upload is removed. Nothing else can reach the public library.

De-identification standard

Cases must not contain patient names or IDs, owner names, clinic identifiers, dates of service, or anything else that could re-identify an animal or a client — in the images themselves or in the written notes. Contributors are responsible for having permission to share; reviewers are the backstop.

Diagnostic certainty

Every case is labelled Confirmed — verified surgically, cytologically, histopathologically or at necropsy — or Highly suspected, meaning a strong imaging impression only. We publish both, but we never blur the line between them.

Contributing

Contribution is open to veterinary professionals. Request access, tell us your credential and institution, and a reviewer will confirm it. Verified credentials show a badge on the cases you contribute.

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What's new

A running log of how Radabase has grown since day one — newest first.

Self-service profiles & calmer admin alerts
October 2026
- Contributors can update their own name, credentials and institution from My profile.
- Admins choose, per alert, between an instant email, a once-a-day digest at a time they pick, or on-site only.
Cine loops
October 2026
- Contributors can attach a short moving clip — a heartbeat, a swallow, gut in motion — alongside still images.
- Loops are re-recorded in the browser before upload, so the original file's embedded camera and patient metadata never leaves your machine.
- They play on the case page and in Quiz Mode, and show up in reviewer quality control.
Contributor invitations
October 2026
- Admins can email a one-time invite or share a fast-track link with optional use limits and expiry.
- Invitees get contributor access as soon as they sign in; their cases are still reviewed before publishing.
- Invites can carry the recipient's name and a personal message, shown as a warm welcome when they open it.
Community discussion
October 2026
- Public comments on published cases, with sign-in required to post.
- Case-author badge, comment deletion, admin moderation, and an email to the case author on new comments.
- Microsoft sign-in added alongside Google.
Quiz mode, round two
October 2026
- Rounds of up to 10 with level and modality filters, and all diagnostic images with zoom and navigation.
- Write-in answers graded by AI against the reviewer-approved diagnosis, with an override if you disagree.
- Shareable fixed-case challenges, an admin quiz-exclusion control, and AI-drafted search keywords to improve search.
Interactive anatomy atlas
September 2026
- Normal-study atlas at /normals with reviewer-approved, per-image anatomy labels you can hover or tap.
- Contributor label proposals with reviewer approval, and an “Annotated only” filter.
- In-browser redaction and crop tools so identifying pixels are burned out before anything is stored.
Case authorship & collaboration
September 2026
- Ordered co-authors, contributors without accounts, and admin authorship transfer for colleague uploads.
- Drag-and-drop image reordering with a clear cover-image note, plus a full-size correlation photo viewer in review.
- Case discussions groundwork: edit proposals, literature citations, and richer case story fields.
Quiz mode & daily questions
September 2026
- Quiz mode with reviewer-approved cases, a daily question feed, and an RSS/JSON endpoint.
- AI-drafted answer options, always finalized by a human reviewer.
Open contributions & transparency
September 2026
- Submissions open to any signed-in veterinary professional — reviewer approval happens before publication.
- Admin alert badge in the header and branded email notifications for requests and submissions.
- A public “How we use AI” page, with inline notices wherever AI assists (dictation, report extraction, OCR screening).
Day one: the library launches
August 2026
- Free, de-identified case library across radiographs, ultrasound, and cross-sectional CT/MRI stacks.
- Client-side privacy screening so identifying information never leaves the contributor's browser.
- Two-tier diagnostic certainty — Confirmed vs Highly suspected — and specialist review before publication.
- Live at www.radabase.vet.

Radabase is an educational reference. Nothing here is diagnostic or clinical advice for an individual animal.