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Source Navix Imaging, Inc. |
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| Kissimmee Outpatient Center Installs New
State of the Art 1.5T Magnetic
Resonance
(MR) Service |
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CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA-February 12, 2005-Navix
Imaging, Inc. (News) today announced
that
its imaging center in Kissimmee,
Florida;
Kissimmee Outpatient Center;
completed the
installation of a new Philips
1.5T short
bore magnet. The new magnet is
the most advanced
service available today from
one of the finest
manufacturer's in the world.
The magnet is
five times stronger than the
magnet which
it replaces, heralding a significant
improvement
in signal to noise ratio and
hence improved
quality of studies. The new magnet
offers
unique capability in Osceola
County not available
elsewhere.
In addition to the greater detail
of images
from the strength, Kissimmee
Outpatient Center
also has software packages for
specialists
in Neurology, Cardiology, Orthopedics,
Gastroenterology,
Vascular Surgery and breast imaging.
For
the first time, the breast MR
imaging now
at Kissimmee Outpatient Center
gives patients
and physicians a tool to help
differentiate
difficult studies from mammography
and breast
ultrasound. Mammography is only
80% accurate
at best and now, with the advent
of this
important tool, physicians can
now get additional
information to better diagnose
and care for
their patients. The magnet also
offers vascular
imaging both for peripheral studies
as well
as MR angiography.
Fenton Froom, MD, Medical Director
of Kissimmee
Outpatient Center stated: "
We can now
see details and structures in
the body which
were not available just a couple
of years
ago. As a radiologist, I can
now offer these
additional MR studies when our
physicians
need to make that critical diagnosis."
Miles Gilman, President, commented:
"We
are proud to add this important
advancement
to our patients and physicians
in Osceola
County. With this installation,
we have the
most advanced ability as we can
get in the
United States. In particular,
we hope that
our mammogram patients take advantage
of
this service which may help make
the difference
in the devastating disease of
breast cancer."
Navix Imaging, Inc. is a leading operator
of free standing imaging centers in Florida.
The Company currently operates six sites
in four counties. The Company operates centers
under the names of Southwest Florida Regional
Imaging, Kissimmee Outpatient Center and
Navix Imaging Centers. More information about
the Company can be found at its web site
at www.www.naviximaging.com.
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Contact:
Navix Imaging, Inc., Coral Springs,
Florida
Miles E. Gilman, President (305)
665-1197
e-mail: mgilman@naviximaging.com
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