Open MRIOhio Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is equipped with a state-of-the-art open MRI machine. This allows easy access and expeditious scheduling, eliminating unnecessary delays in diagnosis and treatment. Let one of our technologists comfortably image your wrist/hand, elbow, shoulder, foot/ankle or knee without seclusion or enclosure so that your physician can have accurate information about the condition of that joint. These scans are done privately and modestly at your convenience.The MRI scans are then read by board-certified and fellowship-trained MRI radiologists, making the results usually accessible to the physician in less than 24 hours. The open MRI is the best option for those patients who are claustrophobic or, for health related reasons, are not able to receive this type of diagnostic test. The basic technology of an open MRI is similar to that of a traditional MRI. The major difference for the patient is that instead of lying in a narrow, tube-shaped structure, the patient lies on an imaging table with more space around the body. Just above the patient is a large, round mechanism from which electromagnetic waves are transmitted. Like the traditional MRI, an open MRI is also painless and does not use ionizing radiation. Call Tonya Olson at 419.424.0131 option #3 to schedule an MRI today. |
