Redefining the Patient Experience
For Immediate Release
October 10, 2017
Tampa, Florida: Tower Radiology Centers, the largest outpatient radiology practice in Tampa Bay, is proud to announce the addition of a New Dedicated Weight-Bearing Open MRI with its revolutionary design. The open and tilting design is an innovative way of performing MRI in which the position of the patient becomes an integral part of the outcome of the examination all while providing great patient comfort. MRI imaging in a natural, standing position allows the force of gravity to generate bio-mechanical changes in anatomy to obtain significant details such as a disc herniation or “pinched” nerve that can become stressed under compression and might otherwise not be visible with a traditional MRI performed only in a lying down position. This New Dedicated Weight-Bearing Open MRI will be available at Tower Radiology Center – Bruce B. Downs located at 3069 Grand Pavilion Drive in Tampa.
“The weight-bearing open MRI technology is new to Tower Radiology Centers. We’re excited to offer our providers and their patients this incredible technology. It’s nice to add another open MRI option to our imaging system that has the capability to perform MRI exams in a stand up position.” – CEO of Tower Radiology Centers, Larry Smith
Tower offers a wide array of advanced outpatient imaging services to patients and providers at all 14 convenient locations throughout Tampa, Wesley Chapel, Brandon, Riverview and Sun City. Services include but are not limited to MRI/MRA, extremity open MRI, weight-bearing open MRI, open MRI, breast MRI, prostate MRI, high-speed CT/CTA, low-dose CT Lung, bone density/DEXA, digital x-ray, digital mammography, 3D mammography, breast biopsy, ultrasound, EKG, Echo, PET/CT, nuclear medicine and nuclear cardiology. Tower’s team of radiologists is comprised of over 65 board-certified radiologists who subspecialize in areas such as cardiac, thoracic, vascular interventional, neurointerventional, pediatric, musculoskeletal, breast, body, neuroradiology, nuclear medicine and emergency radiology. They also participate in the academic missions of research and teaching through serving as faculty and staff for the University of South Florida, College of Medicine in Tampa and Florida State, College of Medicine in Sarasota, within the departments of Radiology.