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Diagnostic Imaging Offers Many Views of Life
Lapeer Regional's Diagnostic Imaging Center helps physicians to see what is ailing you and gives them precise information with which to make a diagnosis and prescribe treatment.
CT SCANNING
The hospital has the area's newest CT scanner, a General Electric HiSpeed NX/I scanner. Technologists using the scanner find it simpler, yet more versatile while radiologists viewing images see more detail. The new imaging rotation speed enables more images to be taken in less time.
"This device helps us to serve more patients and improve patient scheduling for exams," said Kenneth Tarr, D.O., of Lapeer Radiologists. "GE is renowned for their quality and we are happy to have this new CT scanner available for the community."
Nearly any body organ, such as the liver, pancreas, intestines, kidneys, adrenal glands, lungs and heart, as well as blood vessels, and the spinal cord, can be imaged.
MRI IMAGING Patients and physicians in the area now have access to the latest-generation
magnetic resonance imaging scanner (MRI). LRMC offers a new fixed MRI system on
site. MRI provides images using a very powerful magnetic field and radio waves, thus avoiding X-ray exposure. MRI imaging is a very powerful tool in diagnosing head, heart, abdominal, spinal, and other conditions.
ULTRASOUND Ultrasound (US) imaging, also called ultrasound
scanning or sonography, is a method of "seeing" inside the human body through
the use of high-frequency sound waves. The sound waves are recorded and
displayed as a real-time visual image. Ultrasound is used to assess the
condition of the mother and baby during pregnancy and to check for abdominal and
vascular conditions. Ultrasound is also a valuable tool for diagnosing breast
and prostate cancer. Lapeer Regional Medical Center has three ultrasound
examination rooms and technicians are dedicated to the ultrasound studies.
MAMMOGRAPHY Offered at
McLaren Community Medical Center-Lapeer.
MAMMOTOME (minimally invasive breast biopsy) The Mammotome is an outpatient breast biopsy procedure that is performed in less than an hour and allows women to return to their normal routine immediately afterwards. They leave with only a small bandage that covers an incision about the size of a match head.
Procedures with the Mammotome
involve the one-time insertion of a probe directly into the area of the breast
that appeared suspicious, based on a physical exam or a mammogram finding.
The doctor guides the probe through the use of ultrasound or stereotactic
imaging systems. Once inside, the Mammotome gently vacuums, cuts and
removes tissue for examination.
SPECIAL PROCEDURES Angiography is a type of x-ray that is done to image blood vessels in various parts of the body, including the heart, brain, and kidneys, so as to determine whether the vessels are diseased, narrowed, enlarged or blocked altogether. After passing a catheter through an artery leading to the body area of interest, a contrast material is injected to highlight the vessels when x-rays are taken.
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