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Contact: Brian Tate
Facility Phone Number: 795-4336
Riverside Medical Center Adds

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Services Five Days per Week

Franklinton, LA 2008—Riverside Medical Center and Alliance Imaging, Inc. announce the addition of six days per week magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) service, which will enable the facility to service the community with expanded MRI service and capability.

This service has allowed patients to undergo this imaging procedure within the community and now offers additional days of operation. “The addition of this imaging modality compliments ands greatly extend the range of high quality diagnostic services already available to the community’s residents at Riverside Medical,” states Brian Tate, Radiology Director.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a revolutionary diagnostic imaging technology that provides detailed pictures of the body without ionizing radiation. During this procedure, the patient is placed within a large magnet and radio waves are passed through the body, providing information about that part of the body to the computer, which, in turn displays the image.

Computer-generated images clearly show healthy and diseased tissue in the brain, spine, joints, and many other parts of the body. The system is considered non-invasive and it offers fewer risks than some diagnostic alternatives. In addition, it may lessen the need for lengthy hospital stays, therefore reducing health care costs.

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