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10 | September/October • 2014 To effectively treat serious ill- ness or injury, an accurate di- agnosis is needed. That often requires physicians to look below the surface of the skin. Diagnostic imaging can help. Also known as medical imaging or radiol- ogy, the specialty field uses technologies, such as x-ray radiation, sound waves and magnetic resonance to create clear images of the human body's internals – some- times down to the tiniest blood vessel. German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen acci- dentally created the field of radiology after discovering x-rays could easily penetrate the human body. He subsequently shot an x-ray image of his wife's hand. The result- ing, near-ghostly image of the bones inside forever changed the field of medicine. Today's diagnostic images are much clearer and concise, thanks to quantum advance- ments in medical technology. From digital radiography and mammography systems to high-powered MRI and CT scanners, there's a diagnostic imaging tool for almost every need. Cape Fear Valley Health offers the area's widest range of radiology services for pa- tients and their physicians, with six imag- ing locations throughout Cumberland, Hoke and Bladen counties. They include Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, High- smith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, Health Pavilion North, Hoke Imaging at Health Pavilion Hoke, Bladen County Hospital and Cape Fear Valley's Diagnostic Center. "We have more imaging locations than anyone in our community," said Dan Cam- eron, Radiology Service Line Director at Cape Fear Valley. "We offer a full spectrum of outpatient testing and procedures." Cape Fear Valley's outpatient imaging cen- ters offer everything from routine x-rays to state-of-the-art CT, mammography and ultrasound exams. DEXA scan (bone density), nuclear medicine scans and MRI tests are also offered at some of the loca- tions. The health system also has the only PET/CT in the area. The 3-Tesla MRI at Cape Fear Valley's Di- agnostic Center is the most powerful in the area, offering unsurpassed orthopedic and neurologic imaging capability. The multi- million dollar piece of equipment excels at detecting problems in the brain, spine and musculoskeletal system. That's not the only Cape Fear Valley area- exclusive. The health system also offers MRI breast imaging and biopsy proce- dures for women. Patients previously had to travel to Duke University Medical Cen- ter in Durham or other Triangle hospitals for the dual tests. Cape Fear Valley also offers high-resolu- tion prostate imaging for men, as well as pediatric imaging with sedation capability. "These services aren't offered anywhere else in the community," said Cameron Bounds, Cape Fear Valley's MRI supervisor and in- terim CT supervisor. "I also don't know of any other facility that does as much cardiac and vascular work as we do." Getting UNDERNEATH the patient's SKIN T T DIAGNOSTIC Imaging To effectively treat serious ill- ness or injury, an accurate di- agnosis is needed. That often requires physicians to look below the surface of the skin. Diagnostic imaging can help. Also known as medical imaging or radiol- ogy, the specialty field uses technologies, such as x-ray radiation, sound waves and magnetic resonance to create clear images of the human body's internals – some- times down to the tiniest blood vessel. German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen acci- dentally created the field of radiology after discovering x-rays could easily penetrate the human body. He subsequently shot an x-ray image of his wife's hand. The result- ing, near-ghostly image of the bones inside forever changed the field of medicine. Today's diagnostic images are much clearer and concise, thanks to quantum advance- ments in medical technology. From digital radiography and mammography systems to high-powered MRI and CT scanners, there's a diagnostic imaging tool for almost every need. Cape Fear Valley Health offers the area's widest range of radiology services for pa- tients and their physicians, with six imag- ing locations throughout Cumberland, Hoke and Bladen counties. They include Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, High- smith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, Health Pavilion North, Hoke Imaging at Health Pavilion Hoke, Bladen County Hospital and Cape Fear Valley's Diagnostic Center. "We have more imaging locations than anyone in our community," said Dan Cam- eron, Radiology Service Line Director at Cape Fear Valley. "We offer a full spectrum of outpatient testing and procedures." Cape Fear Valley's outpatient imaging cen- ters offer everything from routine x-rays to state-of-the-art CT, mammography and ultrasound exams. DEXA scan (bone density), nuclear medicine scans and MRI tests are also offered at some of the loca- tions. The health system also has the only PET/CT in the area. The 3-Tesla MRI at Cape Fear Valley's Di- agnostic Center is the most powerful in the area, offering unsurpassed orthopedic and neurologic imaging capability. The multi- million dollar piece of equipment excels at detecting problems in the brain, spine and musculoskeletal system. That's not the only Cape Fear Valley area- exclusive. The health system also offers MRI breast imaging and biopsy proce- dures for women. Patients previously had to travel to Duke University Medical Cen- ter in Durham or other Triangle hospitals for the dual tests. Cape Fear Valley also offers high-resolu- tion prostate imaging for men, as well as pediatric imaging with sedation capability. "These services aren't offered anywhere else in the community," said Cameron Bounds, Cape Fear Valley's MRI supervisor and in- terim CT supervisor. "I also don't know of any other facility that does as much cardiac and vascular work as we do." Getting UNDERNEATH the patient's SKIN T T DIAGNOSTIC Imaging

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