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Hudson & Brooksville
Monday thru Friday 8:30 - 5:00
New Port Richey
Monday & Friday 8:30 to 5:00
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Looking for Orthopedist to treat your Patients ?
The Center for Bone and Joint Disease is available to
treat a variety of patients. We are a multi-specialty orthopedic group covering
the hospitals in Hernando and Pasco county. Our three convenient locations offer
immediate medical care . In addition to state of the art orthopedic care, we
have a board certified Physiatrist offering non-surgical conservative treatment.
Call (727) 697- 2200 for more information
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Welcome Dr. Steven Nadler
The Center for Bone and Joint Disease is proud to welcome Dr. Steven Nadler !
Dr. Nadler is now see patients in both our Hudson and
Brooksville offices.
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The Center for Bone and Joint
Disease offers MRI services at our Hudson Office location. Call (727)
861-5079 to speak to our MRI Patient Care Specialist for appointments or
questions .
What is an MRI scan ?
An MRI (or magnetic resonance
imaging) scan is a radiology technique that uses magnetism, radio waves, and
a computer to produce images of body structures. The MRI scanner is a tube
surrounded by a giant circular magnet. The patient is placed on a moveable
bed that is inserted into the magnet. The magnet creates a strong magnetic
field that aligns the protons of hydrogen atoms, which are then exposed to a
beam of radio waves. This spins the various protons of the body, and they
produce a faint signal that is detected by the receiver portion of the MRI
scanner. The receiver information is processed by a computer, and an image
is produced. The image and resolution produced by MRI is quite detailed and
can detect tiny changes of structures within the body.MRI
is primarily a medical imaging technique most commonly used in radiology to
visualize the internal structure and function of the body. MRI provides much
greater contrast between the different soft tissues of the body than
computed tomography (CT) does, making it especially useful in
musculoskeletal imagingWhat are the risk of MRI scan ?
An MRI scan is a painless radiology technique
that has the advantage of avoiding x-ray radiation exposure. There are no
known side effects of an MRI scan. The benefits of an MRI scan relate to its
precise accuracy in detecting structural abnormalities of the body.
Patients who have any metallic materials within
the body must notify their physician prior to the examination or inform the
MRI staff. Metallic chips, materials, surgical clips, or foreign material
(artificial joints, metallic bone plates, or prosthetic devices, etc.) can
significantly distort the images obtained by the MRI scanner. Patients who
have heart pacemakers, metal implants, or metal chips or clips in or around
the eyeballs cannot be scanned with an MRI because of the risk that the
magnet may move the metal in these areas. Similarly, patients with
artificial heart valves, metallic ear implants, bullet fragments, and
chemotherapy or insulin pumps should not have MRI scanning. During the MRI
scan, patient lies in a closed area inside the magnetic tube. Some patients
can experience a claustrophobic sensation during the procedure.
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