Procedures


SWDC-CS Scans Available With or Without Contrast

MRI Scan Time CT Scan Time
ORTHO: Non Joint   HEAD  
Humerus: 45 minutes Facial Bones: 15 minutes
Forearm: 45 minutes Head Trauma: 15 minutes
Femur: 45 minutes Head W/WO: 30 minutes
Tibula/Fibula 45 minutes IAC (Temporal Bones): 45 minutes
Foot: 45 minutes Sinus: 15 minutes
Hand: 45 minutes TMJ: 45 minutes
Scapula: 45 minutes Maxilla: 15 minutes
Achilles Tendon: 45 minutes Mandible: 15 minutes
    Angio: 45 minutes
ORTHO: Joint      
Shoulder: 45 minutes NECK  
Elbow: 45 minutes Soft Tissue: 30 minutes
Wrist: 45 minutes    
Hips: 30 minutes CHEST  
Knee: 45 minutes With Contrast: 30 minutes
Ankle: 45 minutes Without Contrast: 15 minutes
       
BRAIN   ABDOMEN  
Routine: 30 minutes Liver: 30 minutes
W & WO: 45 minutes Chest-Abdo-Pelvis: 30 minutes
IAC: 45 minutes Kidney Stone: 30 minutes
Sella: 45 minutes Abdo-Pelvis: 30 minutes
Sinus: 30 minutes Pancreas: 30 minutes
Orbits: 1 hour Adrenal Gland: 30 minutes
Seizure: 30 minutes    
MS: 30 minutes SPINE  
TMJ: 45 minutes Cervical: 30 minutes
    Thoracic: 30 minutes
SPINE   Lumbar: 30 minutes
Cervical: 30 minutes    
Thoracic: 30 minutes EXTREMITIES  
Lumbar: 30 minutes Foot: 30 minutes
Whole Spine: 2 1/2 hours Hip: 30 minutes
SI Joints: 30 minutes Knee: 30 minutes
    Wrist: 30 minutes
CHEST   Shoulder: 15 minutes
Brachial Plexus: 45 minutes    
Heart: 1 hour CARDIAC SCORING 15 minutes
Soft Tissue Neck: 1 hour    
       
ABDOMEN (Upper)      
Liver: 1 hour PLEASE NOTE FOR MRI & CT SCANS  
Pancreas: 1 hour * Any body part needing contrast, add  
Kidneys: 1 hour an additional 15 minutes of scan time.  
Cholangiography: 1 hour    
    * Extremeties for soft tissue mass will ALMOST  
ABDOMEN   ALWAYS need GAD (contrast) whether it is  
Female Pelvis: 45 minutes ordered or not.  
Male Pelvis: 45 minutes    
       
ANGIOGRAPHY (MRA)      
Head: 1 hour    
Neck: 1 hour    
Chest: 1 hour    
Abdomen: 1 hour    
Peripheral: 1 hour    




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