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NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO HELD A GRAND OPENING FOR THE RECENTLY RENOVATED RADIOLOGY
DEPARTMENTS MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OR (MRI) CENTER. THE $15 MILLION DOLLAR CENTER
IS 4,000 SQUARE FEET AND HAS ADVANCED APPLICATIONS IN BOTH BODY AND BREAST IMAGING AND WILL ALSO
AID IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI).
" I THINK WHAT THE PATIENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM IS BETTER IMAGE QUALITY, WHICH LEADS US TO
MAKE MUCH MORE CONFIDENT DIAGNOSIS OF THE PATIENTS, BUT OVERALL THE EXPERIENCE FOR THE
PATIENTS IS GOING TO BE BETTER BECAUSE ITS QUIETER AND IN A MORE OPEN ENVIRONMENT WITH
SHORTER EXAMINATION TIMES "
HISTORICALLY MRI'S HAVE BEEN HUGE MACHINES WEIGHING MULTIPLE TONS FORCING HOSPITALS TO
LOCATE THEM ON THE GROUND FLOOR, BUT WITH THE THREE LIGHTER MRI'S NMCSD WAS ABLE INSTALL
THEM IN RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR MAKING FOR A MORE CONVENIENT EXPERIENCE
FOR THE PATIENT. FROM NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO,
I'M PETTY OFFICER JOHN WAGNER.