Before you Arrive:
The preparation for an MRI is simple.
Follow your daily routine and eat as normal, right up until the time of your exam. Unless directed otherwise by your doctor, continue to take any prescribed or over-the-counter medications. You may want to wear loose fitting comfortable clothes without zippers or metallic parts. (Scrub clothes are available if needed.) You are welcome to bring a music CD or listen to one of ours during your MRI. Valuables are not recommended. Due to the strong magnetic field certain items must be placed in one of our secure lockers.
The following cannot be brought into the MRI room:
Hearing Aids - Jewelry – Keys – Watches – Watches – Dentures – Credit Cards – Coins – Any other metal items
Please inform our staff if you have any of the following.
You may not be able to have an MRI.
* Pacemaker * Metal Implants * Aneurysm Clips
* Stents * Pregnancy * Cochlear Implants
What happens during the examination
During the exam the machine will make tapping/knocking sounds while the scanner acquires the information used to produce the images. The patient will lie on a table with pillows for comfort and a coil will be placed around the area of interest for the scan. The coil is like BIG antenna. It is needed to generate the images. MRI examinations at NORTHERN OPEN MRI vary in time, ranging on average from 45min. to 1 hour per scan. All the patient has to do is lay still and relax while listening to music. . . let the machine do all the work!
After Your Exam/Results
ProScan Board Certified and Fellowship Trained Radiologists read the completed MRI scans providing superior diagnostic reports within 24 hours. NORTHERN OPEN MRI will fax and mail the report to your physician. If requested by your doctor we also provide WET READS and STATS reports.
Upon completion of the examination we will provide one complimentary set of films or a CD of each scan. The films/CD is given to the patient to take to any follow-up appointments. The films/CD are property of the patient and do not need to be returned to our facility.
We will bill your insurance company and accepts Medicare and Medicaid assignments. Payment plans are available for self pay patients.
What are the benefits of an OPEN MRI?
* HITACHI ARIS II’s open-air design allows patients to complete their exam without sedation
* Our open design allows for the comfort of a parent or loved one to sit alongside the patient during the exam
* Patients cannot feel the MRI scan
* MRI does not use radiation /radioactive substances
* The superior detail and accuracy of an MRI is an invaluable tool in detection and diagnosis of many problems and abnormalities
* MRI enables the detection of abnormalities that might be obscured by bone with other imaging methods.
* MRI contrast material is less likely to produce an allergic reaction than the iodine-based materials used for conventional x-rays and CT scanning
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