Calcium Scoring
Calcium Scoring uses noninvasive, high-speed computerized tomography (CT) to scan the heart and detect calcium deposits along the walls of arteries. It is one of the most advanced methods available today to detect heart disease in its earliest stages.
Your MRI Exam Experience
Your MRI exam will last between 30 and 90 minutes, depending on the type of information required by your physician. To conduct the MRI exam, a technologist will assist you onto a padded, moveable table in front of the MRI scanner. When the exam is about to begin, the table will move you inside the opening of the MRI scanner to conduct the scan. Although the technologist will not be in the room with you during the exam, he or she will observe you at all times from an adjacent room, and you will be able to speak to him or her at any time.
You can help ensure the most accurate results by doing your best to be as still as possible during the exam. You won't feel a thing, but you will hear humming and thumping noises. While these may be disturbing at first, they are completely normal. After the technologist has completed your scan, he or she will assist you off of the table and you will be able to resume normal activities.
How Should I Prepare For My MRI Exam?
On the day of your exam, please dress in loose, comfortable clothing without metal snaps or zippers. Arrive 1/2 hour early to register, and please be sure to bring your referral from your doctor—since having a referral is required to perform your MRI exam. If you are having an MRI of the abdomen performed, do not eat or drink anything after midnight the night before your procedure.
Patient Forms
When you arrive on the day of your exam, we will ask you to complete some paperwork. For your convenience, the required forms for this exam are available below. To save yourself time on the day of your exam, you may print them out and complete them at any time before your appointment.
