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As in the past, Mary (registration) and Dave both do an excellent job in their areas. The best thing I can say is that all of my imaging done in the past years is offered at my work-place, but I use SWDIC!
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I always request Cindy Kimmel for my mammograms. She is very sweet and friendly. She is great at her job and makes the process less painful and treats me like a family member.
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Every type of medical imaging technique has a special function that tells your physician different things about the inner workings of your body. An MRI is good for detecting certain types of disease and musculoskeletal functionality, while a CT scan is good for analyzing the size and shape of tumors. Similarly, nuclear medicine is a specialized form of medical imaging that allows your physician certain insights.
An x-ray or a CT scan projects light radiation waves at and through your body to record their images. However, unlike these imaging procedures, nuclear medicine imaging records radiation given off of the body rather than pulsing radiation through it. Nuclear medicine techniques require that the patient ingest, inhale, or be injected with radiopharmaceuticals, which contain a small amount of radioactive material.
Like an MRI or a CT scan, for nuclear medicine imaging, the patient is required to lie on a scanning table beneath gamma cameras that record radioactive activity. While on the table, the gamma camera captures image information from the radiopharmaceuticals as they are processed by the body.
Because radiation is coming from inside of the body during its natural processes rather than being projected through it, nuclear medicine imaging provides unique results. Unlike an x-ray or an MRI, nuclear medicine imaging allows your physician to see not only the image of your organs, but also their functionality as they are processing the radiopharmaceuticals. This means that your doctor can diagnose malfunctions in your organs’ processes better than from the still images produced by other imaging procedures. With nuclear medicine techniques, your physician has a better view of your body’s health than ever before.
Visit Southwest Diagnostic in Dallas for your next imaging procedure. Call us at (888) 530-1053 to schedule your appointment today.
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