Musculoskeletal (MSK) Ultrasound
Your Doctor has ordered a Musculoskeletal Ultrasound exam. What makes this type of exam different from other types of exam to image the Musculoskeletal System?
- No Contraindications
- Pacemaker Friendly
- Fast
- Dynamic evaluation joints and surrounding structures
- Cost effective
Why would your Doctor order this exam rather than an MRI or CAT scan?
- If you have a Pacemaker.
- If you cannot have an MRI exam.
- If your Doctor needs focused look at a particular region rather than the whole body part.
- Pre/Post operative evaluations for specified injuries or repairs.
- Some cases have shown that ultrasound will find a particular pathology when MRI or CAT scan has not.
What can be examined by Musculoskeletal Ultrasound?
- Shoulder
- Elbow
- Wrist
- Hand
- Peripheral Nerves
- Soft tissue masses
- Lymph nodes
- Ganglion Cysts
- Hip
- Knee
- Ankle
- Foot
Who will do the Ultrasound exam?
- An onsite technician with over four years experience and has performed thousands of clinical Musculoskeletal Ultrasound exams.
- A Board Certified Radiologist with a Fellowship in Musculoskeletal Imaging will review the exam before you leave to make sure every aspect of the diagnosis is completed.
Who else offers this type of non-evasive imaging of musculoskeletal structures in the area?
- Advanced Imaging Centers of Amarillo is the only outpatient imaging service in the region offering Musculoskeletal Ultrasound.
- We are also the only Imaging center in the region that offers this level of clinical experience dealing with Musculoskeletal Ultrasound.
- And again, Advanced Imaging Centers of Amarillo is the only facility in the region that offers a Board Certified Musculoskeletal Radiologist interpretation of the exam.
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