Centennial Medical Center Adds Open Bore MRI
New Technology Designed with Patient Comfort in Mind
Feb. 3, 2009 – Centennial Medical Center has added an open bore, 1.5 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system to its technology offerings used to help diagnose possible illness and injury. Centennial is the only area hospital using an open MRI of this kind on both an inpatient and outpatient basis.
“This new scanner combines high-field power with unprecedented patient comfort,” said Wayne Reid, Centennial’s vice president of imaging services. “This is important because patients who are comfortable are better able to limit their movement, which allows for a more accurate image.”
The new scanner can accommodate patients up to 550 lbs., compared to 350 lbs. with closed high-field MRI designs. The bore opening of 2.3 feet in diameter eliminates the confinement and discomfort of traditional MRI designs, easing feelings of claustrophobia in patients.
Centennial’s new open MRI system offers almost one foot of free space between a patient’s head and the magnet, offering the patient a similar experience to a CT scan exam. The open MRI features the shortest magnet in the industry, which at only 4 feet long allows for more than 60 percent of exams to be completed with the patient's head outside the bore.
Open MRI does not use ionizing radiation (X-rays) or iodinated contrast agents and is non-invasive. Using MRI, physicians can obtain images from different angles and create moving images. This allows for better assessment of anatomy compared to other imaging techniques.
Centennial Medical Center, part of HCA’s TriStar Health System®, is a 665-bed tertiary facility that is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). For more information about Centennial Medical Center, call TriStar MedLine at 615-342-1919 or 800-242-5662.
Centennial Medical Center at Ashland City offers the Cheatham County community enhanced on-site healthcare options which include inpatient care for non-life threatening illnesses, outpatient surgery, a 24-hour emergency room, lab services and imaging services.
Parthenon Pavilion is the oldest and largest full-service 132-bed psychiatric facility in Middle Tennessee providing inpatient mental health services for adults and geriatric patients as well as community-based mental health programs.
The Women’s Hospital at Centennial is Tennessee’s only stand-alone women’s hospital and neo-natal intensive care unit delivering 2,500 babies annually and is recognized nationally in breast cancer management in addition to providing the area’s only total digital mammography program.
The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center is a service-line offered through the TriStar Family of Hospitals that is designed to meet the needs of individuals undergoing cancer treatment, providing the most extensive drug, radiation and surgical services in the Southeast.
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