General Medical Imaging

If you have dense breast tissue, a routine mammogram may be only one part of your plan to detect breast cancer.

Under a microscope, healthy bone has tiny holes scattered throughout its surface, similar to a honeycomb. In bones affected by osteoporosis—a degenerative bone disease characterized by bone loss and weak, brittle bones—those holes increase in size, which affects your bone density, or mass of your bones. When your bone density is lower, you are at increased risk of breaking a bone, also known as a fracture.

CT scans are often used for an accurate diagnosis of numerous health issues, ranging from pneumonia and heart disease to joint problems and cancer. A lung CT scan at Touchstone Medical Imaging is helpful for diagnosing issues within the lungs, including cancer.

The second-largest organ in the human body, the liver processes nutrients and filters impurities from your blood. Too much liver fat can cause dangerous complications, including inflammation and scarring that can lead to liver failure. As high cholesterol, obesity and Type 2 diabetes increase in the U.S., so does the prevalence of fatty liver disease.

Have you experienced a recent knee injury that has made it difficult to stand, walk or run normally? Do you have chronic knee pain during regular activities? Do you frequently notice swelling around your knee joint? If so, it may be time for an MRI of the knee.

Medical imaging allows radiologists to explore the hidden world of the body so they can detect any areas of concern and share those findings with your physician. One of the ways they do this is by using contrast materials—also known as contrast agents or contrast dyes.

Getting an MRI or CT scan can be a stressful experience for many people. In addition to worrying about the test results, you might be concerned about the MRI cost or CT scan cost and wondering how you will fit the appointment into your busy schedule. At Touchstone Medical Imaging, we make your diagnostic testing experience as seamless and stress-free as possible.

Medical imaging encompasses a wide range of radiological and ultrasound technologies that can be extremely useful in the identification and diagnosis of disease. To better understand what these various types of medical imaging are used for and how they may be of assistance to your personal wellbeing, we’ve written this helpful blog.

In a valiant attempt to contain the spread of the virus and diagnose its pathology, medical imaging specialists are using CT scans and X-rays to study the lungs of infected patients.

The technology of medical imaging allows your medical provider to take a look inside your body to identify the exact location and cause of your pain as well as determine the extent of the damage. This helps your provider create a treatment plan that optimizes healing and offers the best chances of a full recovery.

Touchstone Imaging is a national network of outpatient medical imaging centers that boasts more than 71 locations in Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Florida, Montana, and Arkansas — and, we are growing!

3D mammography is a solution to this visualization problem. Like the pages of a book that are stacked and bound together, 3D mammography produces multiple images of the breast tissue at top, middle, and bottom regions. This process provides a comprehensive representation of the tissue, including its internal (and otherwise invisible) layers.

September has been designated childhood cancer awareness month to shed light on diseases that affect a small population of children but also thousands of people who care for them. In today’s post, we will discuss some childhood cancer statistics and how Touchstone Imaging is helping.

We believe that just because a question is less relevant, that it is no less important, so join us as we answer your medical imaging questions.

In this article, we’ll review how X-rays work, how they were discovered, and how their history lives on today in their many important uses in the medical imaging and diagnostic industries.

Join us in today’s post as we discuss what medical imaging can reveal to your medical team about your joints.

The most common areas of the body that are imaged to reveal conditions or diseases are the chest, abdomen, and head. In today’s post, we are going to highlight chest scans and what they can reveal to an investigating medical team.

Image-guided treatment is the use of medical imaging before, during, and after medical interventions. Images from x-ray, CT scan, MRI, ultrasound, and other modalities are used in the planning, performing, and evaluating the process.

It is important for you to understand your medical benefits and policy details so that you can maximize your benefits and out-of-pocket expenses, as well as let you know exactly what you are responsible for. This can help you better plan the rest of the year and avoid unexpected medical bills.

In today’s post, we will give you insight on a few major things HIPAA provisioned for you and your medical records and what it means for you.

Medical imaging has dramatically changed the way that medicine is practiced, and has made the detection, prevention, and treatment of diseases much more effective and efficient.

Join us in today’s post as we discuss medical imaging’s role in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and what Touchstone Imaging is doing to promote the best outcomes for patients.

While diagnostic imaging is a very important factor in diagnosing and treating ailments, medical imaging is also useful in other medical applications. In today’s post, we are going to explore some of the ways medical imaging can be used to verify accuracy in treatments and procedures.

Based on the perceived urgency of the information that the prescription is needed, it will be identified as STAT, priority, or routine.

Follow along today as we review the most common and the deadliest cancers, and how medical imaging tests at Touchstone Imaging can help.

Your doctor has ordered a test and now you want to know what’s next? Is it safe? What does this mean? In all the confusion, Touchstone Imaging is here to make sure your medical imaging test process is seamless, and you know exactly what is happening and how to prepare.

Join us in a discussion of what questions you should ask your medical imaging specialist and which ones they cannot answer. We hope today’s post will help reduce your anxiety, quell some fears, and perhaps answer some questions you may haven’t thought of, yet.

Welcome to Touchstone Medical Imaging! Our core values include state-of-the-art equipment, the most qualified radiologists, and superior customer service for the patients and communities we serve.

At the beginning of the year, it is important that you understand how your insurance works and what you are responsible for. Aspects that you should understand include deductibles and your maximum out-of-pocket expenses.

In this article, we’ll outline the various types of medical imaging services that we offer and the differences between them. We hope this helps you know more about your upcoming exam or procedure, or simply stay educated regarding a potential procedure.

Touchstone Imaging is proud to hold accreditation from the American College of Radiology (ACR). This is a hard-earned honor that recognizes the quality of our medical imaging services.

The technologies during the 19th century were vast and varied—and not only limited to the medical world. But in terms of medical advancements and the x-ray, these inventions and discoveries were on their way.

In today’s post, we’ll delve into medical imaging diagnostics and why they’re performed, how they work, and the potential risks involved with each one.

If you’re advocating for your health it’s important to know if the medical imaging is needed, so asking the right questions helps empower you and give you the information to make informed decisions.

Today, patients who have multiple risk factors for osteoporosis may be sent to our Xray team for a bone density scan.

Important and evolving technologies are surfacing in the field of medical imaging are revolve around the machines processing speeds, the framework of 3D and 4D technologies, capturing specific images serendipitously, and workflow management.

“ALWAYS, A MACHINE WILL ONLY BE AS GOOD AS THE PERSON RUNNING IT.”

Accurate and speedy diagnosis of appendicitis, an inflammation of the appendix, is essential however many times the classical symptoms as described below may not be present, presenting the treating doctor with a dilemma.