UMH Welcome Veterinarians to Tour Imaging Department

Uvalde Memorial Hospital (UMH) recently welcomed veterinarian Dr. Jaime Sage and fellow Dr. Laura Chadwick from Sage Veterinary Imaging in Georgetown, Texas, to tour the hospital’s imaging department.

Dr. Sage is board certified in veterinary radiology and visited UMH to view the imaging department’s digital broadband magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system: the Ingenia 3.0T from Philips Healthcare. The hospital’s MRI machine was installed in late 2015 and available to patients in January 2016. The machine is designed to quickly perform high-quality MRI scans with a high level of patient comfort. Dr. Sage is currently looking to acquire her own MRI for her veterinary practice.

UMH was one of the first facilities in Texas to acquire the revolutionary Ingenia 3.0T machine in 2016 and is still one of a limited number of locations to have the latest model used in a general population practice. The machine was the first MRI on the market with the ability to transfer information to the viewer digitally.

The machine incorporates a number of breakthrough technologies designed to deliver exceptional image clarity. It quickly provides radiologists and physicians with precise, detailed MR images needed to help confidently diagnose many different anatomical and structural problems in the body.

Dr. Sage performs a large number of neuro images at her practice, and was keen to learn more about UMH’s system and the image quality.