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We have been creating the finest MRI images in Delaware for 3 months. Breast MRI is superb at 3T. Because we are faster and have more signal to noise we can scan thinner as well. This allows us to make the BEST Breast MRI images possible in the shortest time.
Our facility is the most advanced MRI facility in Delaware. We now have functional MRI capabilities. Please press the button below (about Dr Chao) if you want to see more information about my resume and also the screening forms you will encounter in the office. We want you to be prepared before you get to our offices!
MRI Consultants LLC was formed to bring the best MRI technology to Delaware. After having worked in Delaware since 1990 Dr. Philip W Chao wanted to bring the best MRI technology to Delaware. 3T is MRI done at 3 Tesla. This means we are able to scan with twice the detail as any other scanner or twice as fast. We are the first 3T in Delaware. Because we are either twice as fast or twice (or more) detailed we are twice as good. We can be flexible in how we scan. Lumbar scans without contrast might be as fast as 10 minutes. The stronger magnetic field also increases our contrast so we can see more lesions or more metastases. Scanning at 3T with single dose contrast is the equivalent of scanning with double dose contrast. 3T is twice as good.
MRI Consultants is located in the Abby Medical Center at the junction of Rt 4 and Rt 7 just down the street from Christiana Medical Center. Although the address is 1 Centurian Drive - it does not show up properly on Mapquest or Google Maps. On Yahoo maps directions it is now properly annotated. However the driving directions sometimes puts you across the street. So just in case here are manual instructions. It probably is easiest to give you instructions from I-95. Coming from the north you can take exit 4B towards Christiana Hospital. After your cross Rt. 7 you can take Chuchmans Road to Route 4 and turn right. You may also take Old Churchman's Road to Rt. 4 and turn right. We are the next driveway on the right just past Old Churchman's Road. We are in Suite 107 in the back of the building. Coming from the south you simply exit at 4B and take Churchmans Road to Rt 4. east Turn right at Rt 4 and proceed past the traffic light at Old Churchman's Road and turn right into the next driveway. Park in the rear. We apologize that the computerized mapping agents are faulty when it comes to our location but... we are trying to fix this.
Our offices were designed from the ground up to be the most pleasant and comfortable offices for our patients and we hope you stop in to check out the spacious waiting rooms. The sound systems are designed to soothe the patients as they travel through our our offices. We can scan your study in the stest time possible. Our office was designed with the new ACR guidelines for MRI offices. We have a paperless electronic medical record. Our billing system is also electronic. There is a SPA in our building - SOLUTIONS Spa . (We are not affiliated with them in any way) but suggest you might consider a massage or aromatherapy if you need to be relaxed before your MRI study (302-998-4000.)
We have a focus on pediatrics because 3T MRI is actually better for small bodies and children. When the structures are smaller you need more resolution and detail to see the same structures. MRI uses no ionizing radiation and recently the risk estimate for cancer caused by an x-ray CAT SCAN has been doubled to 1 in 550 in children. Therefore before you get a CAT SCAN for your child please check with us to see if MRI technology can give you an equivalent answer without the risk of x-ray study. In adults the risk of getting cancer from a CAT SCAN is 1 in 1000. That still is significant. These are estimates but we have seen a large increasing number of lymphomas and leukemias in his country in the past decade. These risk estimates are not often discussed by radiologists. Please also check our companion website www.3t-mri.net
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