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Orthopedic Imaging

Anderson – Beechmont Imaging (MRI): – 463 Ohio Pike, Suite 101, Cincinnati, OH 45255 – (513) 688-3055
Erlanger Imaging (MRI) – 600 Rodeo Drive, Erlanger, KY 41018 – (859) 905-1030
Montgomery Imaging (MRI) – 8099 Cornell Road, Cincinnati, OH 45249 – (513) 942-4444
Summit Woods (Sharonville) Imaging (MRI) – 500 E Business Way, Sharonville, OH 45241 – (513) 354-3787
West Chester Imaging (MRI) – 9100 Centre Pointe Drive, Suite 150, West Chester, OH 45069
Western Hills (Beacon West) Imaging (MRI) – 6480 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45247 – (513) 354-7787

Beacon Orthopaedics offers a full range of imaging services at convenient locations across Greater Cincinnati. Imaging services include MRI and X-Ray. Imaging services at our Wilmington location are provided by Clinton Memorial Hospital.

Our friendly and capable staff in conjunction with our state of the art imaging facility will provide a comfortable MRI imaging experience for a broad spectrum of individual patient needs. From our closed scanner to our wide bore scanner, the MRI services at Beacon are designed to accommodate our entire patient population.

Preparing for your MRI

You may eat normally and go about your daily routine. Continue to take any medication prescribed by your doctor unless otherwise directed. Depending on the scan you are having you may be asked to put on paper shorts and/or scrub top and asked to remove dentures. If you are able to wear comfortable clothing without buckles or zippers, you will hopefully not be asked to change. This would include wearing a sports bra for female patients with upper body scans if possible.

If your job requires you to work in an area where there are fine metal shavings or metal dust particles in the air, you will need to go home and shower and put clean clothing on before coming for the scan. The magnet will pull these particles out of your hair or off your clothing and it will damage the magnet.

Because of the magnetic field, you will be asked to leave the following items in a locker outside the scan room:

  • Coins
  • Watches
  • Credit Cards/wallet
  • Hair Pins
  • Jewelry
  • Glasses
  • Keys
  • Other Metal Objects

Because of the potential harmful effects associated with metallic objects in a magnetic field, please check with the MRI technologist prior to arriving for the scan if you have had any surgeries or any of the following:

  • Pacemaker
  • Aneurysm Clips
  • Foreign Metal Objects In the Eye
  • Neuro-stimulator (Tens Unit)
  • Surgical Staples
  • Shrapnel or Bullet Wounds
  • Metal Implants
  • Implanted Drug Infusion Device
  • Permanent Eyeliner

If you are pregnant you should notify your physician.

Click here to download and complete the safety screening form for your first appointment.

X-Ray Equipment – Konica CR (Computed Radiography)

Computed Radiography (CR) uses very similar equipment to conventional radiography except that in place of a film to create the image, an imaging plate (IP) made of photostimulable phosphor is used. The imaging plate housed in a special cassette and placed under the body part or object to be examined and the x-ray exposure is made. Hence, instead of taking an exposed film into a darkroom for developing in chemical tanks or an automatic film processor, the imaging plate is run through a special laser scanner, or CR reader, that reads and digitizes the image. The digital image can then be viewed and enhanced using software that has functions very similar to other conventional digital image-processing software, such as contrast, brightness, filtration and zoom.

Advantages of Computed Radiography

  • Computed radiography often requires fewer retakes due to under- or over-exposure which results in lower overall dose to the patient.
  • Image acquisition is much faster – image previews can be available in less than 15 seconds.
  • By adjusting image brightness and/or contrast, a wide range of thicknesses may be examined in one exposure, unlike conventional film based radiography, which may require a different exposure or multiple film speeds in one exposure to cover wide thickness range in a component.
  • Images can be enhanced digitally to aid in interpretation.
  • Images can be stored on disk or transmitted for off-site review.

Head Staff

In partnership with the Beacon physicians, the following radiologists from Tri-State Imaging, are able to provide patients with the highest quality care possible. These radiologists are on site Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and also provide teleradiology on other days. For more information on the group, click here.

Kim Draud MD MXI radiology cincinnati
Kim Draud, MD
Michael Kreeger, MD MXI Cincinnati
Michael Kreeger, MD
James Meranus MD Radiology MXI
James Meranus, MD

Sanil Misra, MD
James Schafer MD Radiology MXI
James Schafer, MD
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