Which Patients Benefit From UVa's New Radiology Technology?

Dual Source CT

  • Patients up to 485 lbs
  • Low- to medium-risk patients with chest pain
  • Patients with a possible false positive from another heart-disease screening test
  • Pre-operative heart valve patients needing to rule out pre-existing coronary disease

3T MRI

  • Stroke patients
  • Patients who will undergo MR spectroscopy or functional MRI to plan treatments
  • Patients needing MR angiography