Diagnostic Services
• Open MRI
• Multi-Slice CT Scanner*
• Colorflow Ultrasound***
• Bone Densitometry****
• X-Ray**
• Mammography**

Open MRI
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) is state of the art in medical diagnostic imaging. It allows physicians to view detailed internal images of your ligaments, tendons, menisci, blood vessels, organs, and bones.

The open MRI used at DOCs offers you the highest technology available today. Our MRI has an award-winning "Open-Air" gantry design, which provides easy access from all four sides and offers a comfortable, non claustrophobic environment.

MRI in Sports Medicine
Mr. Williams has been a pioneer in many aspects of what we now call "sports medicine imaging," since the 1960s when he began providing all aspects of imaging for professional and non-professional athletes. With the inception of Diagnostic Outpatient Centers (DOCs) MRI services in 1995, his sports medicine imaging leadership continued. Since then imaging services have been provided to professional athletes from Major League Baseball including the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Arena Football including the Tampa Bay Storm, CBA Basketball League, Major League Umpires, as well as high school and college athletes from all sports. DOCs also specializes in "joint motion" studies for complex sports medicine diagnosis.

MRI imaging can non-invasively diagnose a number of sports related injuries without requiring surgery or arthroscopy. X-ray images of joints show good detail of bony structures and can clearly show a fracture. However, x-ray images give insufficient information about the soft tissue structures that hold joints together and allow the joint to support complex function. MRI yields highly detailed images and produces diagnostic information associated with bone and joint tissues such as cartilage, tendon, ligament, bone marrow, bone cortex, muscle and joint fluids.

Multi-Slice CT Scanner
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY is more commonly called CT or CAT scanning. This new technology uses a multi detector system that allows 8 pictures per second to be obtained throughout the body. DOCs technique will visualize blood vessels and organs in less than 90 seconds. This new state-of-the-world technology allows for unmatched resolution, speed, volume, power and diagnostic capabilities.

The Mx8000 CT scanner used at DOCs is state-of-the-art technology that rapidly allows the physician to more accurately diagnose your condition while sparing discomfort, cost and long exam times normally associated with other diagnostic procedures.

Colorflow Ultrasound
COLOR FLOW ULTRASOUND SONOGRAPHY is a procedure that uses high frequency sound waves to visualize your organs and blood vessels.

Because the body contains over 90% water, ultrasonic waves can be used in some parts of the body just as sonar is used in the ocean. As the sound wave hits a body tissue, like a blood vessel, an echo is sent back. Sophisticated, high-speed computers can use these echoes to create a picture of your internal organs.

Bone Densitometry
BONE DENSITOMETRY, using an advanced technology called DEXA (short for Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry), safely, accurately, and painlessly measures bone density and the mineral content of bone. During a comprehensive bone evaluation with DEXA, the patient lies comfortably still on a padded table while the DEXA unit scans one or more areas, usually the fracture prone spine or the hip. Radiation exposure during bone densitometry is extremely low—less than the radiation exposure during a coast-to-coast airline flight. It involves no injections or invasive procedures, and patients remain fully clothed.

X-Ray
X-RAY imaging is a method to view the internal organs and structures of the body. X-ray imaging has been available for 100 years and is an excellent tool for assessing skeletal trauma (e.g. broken bones), for high-resolution diagnostic imaging of the breasts (mammography), and for comprehensive imaging of the thoracic cavity including the lungs and heart. A host of other applications for x-ray imaging are also available including imaging the kidneys, teeth and jaws, and the fine structures of the ear, nose, and throat. X-ray diagnostic imaging still represents a majority of all diagnostic procedures done on a worldwide, annual basis.

Conventional x-ray imaging still plays an important role in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease and heart attack. X-ray imaging is also an important part of bone density measurement for the detection of osteoporosis and also plays a key role in orthopedic surgery and the treatment of sports injuries. X-ray imaging is a mainstay in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.

Mammography
MAMMOGRAPHY is a special type of x-ray used to create detailed images of the breast. Mammography uses low dose x-ray, high contrast high-resolution film, and an x-ray system designed specifically for imaging the breasts. Mammography plays a major role in early detection of breast cancers. The US Food and Drug Administration reports that mammography can find 85 to 90 percent of breast cancers in women over 50 and can discover a lump two years before it can be felt. Mammography is the best-known method for early detection of breast cancer. Early detection is the key to survival. There is a 97% survival rate for breast cancer detected at its earliest stage as reported by the American Cancer Society. The benefits of mammography far outweigh the inconvenience.

DOCs IS A FULLY ACCREDITED MAMMOGRAPHY FACILITY (FDA & ACR).

      *Eustis & St. Petersburg only
    **Leesburg & St. Petersburg only
  ***Eustis, Leesburg & St. Petersburg only
****St. Petersburg only