Imaging That Gives You Answers
Count on us for CT, MRI, ultrasound and X-ray imaging in Minneola. If you’re not feeling your best, your doctor may order diagnostic imaging tests like these to determine what’s causing your pain or symptoms. We'll be here with expert care for you and your family in the Clermont area.
At AdventHealth Minneola, we offer comprehensive imaging services to help you find answers. Our radiology experts will deliver the accurate, fast results you need so you can get back to whole health — body, mind and spirit.
Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Services
- CT Scan
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A computed tomography (CT) scan combines X-ray and computer technology to show detailed, 3D images of bones, muscles, fat, organs and blood vessels. CT scans are also sometimes performed using a contrast solution (either swallowed or injected) to make tissues and vessels more visible.
At AdventHealth Minneola, we offer innovative diagnostic procedures, including:
Cardiac Imaging
Doctors can capture images of the heart and coronary arteries in just five heartbeats. The quicker exam time offers a more comfortable experience for sick or elderly patients.
Stroke Imaging
Treatment delivered within the first hour after a stroke provides the best possible patient outcome. CT scans provide the speed and resolution required for rapid imaging of blood vessels in the brain so doctors can begin treatment as quickly as possible.
Advanced CT Technology
We provide a range of advanced CT-guided techniques used in both diagnosis and interventional radiology treatments, including:
- Biopsies and abscess drainages
- CT angiography/arteriography
- CT radiation therapy planning
- Image-guided surgeries and pre-surgical planning
- Myelography (spine imaging with contrast solution)
- Echocardiogram
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An echocardiogram uses sound waves to create images of the heart to evaluate structure, function and blood flow. This kind of test allows us to see how well your heart is functioning, and helps us identify and monitor conditions like:
- Abnormal heart valves
- Atrial fibrillation, or AFib
- Congenital heart disease
- Heart murmurs
- Infectious endocarditis
- Pericarditis
- Pulmonary hypertension
Different types of echocardiograms exist, including:
- Doppler echocardiogram: examines how blood flows through the heart chambers, vessels and valves
- Stress echocardiogram: performed before and after the heart is stressed by exercise or medication to increase heart rate to ultimately identify whether there's decreased blood flow to the heart
- Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE): often done when a regular echocardiogram is unclear and uses a probe that's guided down the esophagus to get a clearer picture of the heart
- Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE): obtains views of the heart by moving a transducer across different areas of the chest
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a painless diagnostic procedure that combines a powerful magnet, radio waves and computer technology to provide detailed images of tissues, muscles, nerves and bones.
Because MRI uses magnetic force and radio waves to create images, there’s no radiation exposure. MRI is often used instead of CT to study soft tissues or organs because bones do not obscure the organs and soft tissues as they do with CT imaging.
MRI can be used to assess everything from ruptured discs in the spine to detecting brain tumors and vascular diseases.
We offer several types of MRIs to diagnose your health condition:
Breast MRI
Breast MRI can be a more effective imaging technique than mammography for some people and can provide additional details for diagnosing and evaluating breast abnormalities.
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)
This MRI test assesses chemical abnormalities in the brain for conditions such as coma, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, brain tumors, head injury and MS.
Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)
An MRA evaluates blood flow or detects brain aneurysms or blood vessel abnormalities. It is used to visualize renal, carotid and vertebral arteries or examine the aorta for aneurysm. Perfusion and diffusion scanning examine blood flow through tissues to evaluate strokes.
Our radiology team is committed to easing your mind and lifting your spirits during your MRI. We’ve added comfortable touches, such as a larger opening MRI scanner, softer lighting and music. But for those who have difficulties completing an MRI, we offer sedation on specific days. Please talk with us about this service and availability.
- Ultrasound
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Sonography, more commonly known as ultrasound, uses reflected sound waves to create real-time images of soft tissues, including muscles, blood vessels and organs. There’s no radiation exposure during ultrasounds.
Although most people are familiar with ultrasound as the imaging used to examine a pregnancy, it’s also an effective tool for monitoring blood flow and detecting abnormalities in organs, narrowed arteries, clotted veins or growths such as tumors and cysts.
We offer a variety of ultrasound procedures, including:
- Breast ultrasound exams
- Biopsies of the breast, kidney, liver and thyroid
- Gynecologic and obstetric ultrasound exams
- Obstetric ultrasound exams
- Paracentesis
- Thoracentesis
- X-Ray
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An important diagnostic imaging test, X-rays help your physician get you on the road to recovery. X-rays use invisible electromagnetic energy beams to produce images of internal tissues, bones and organs.
Our radiology teams use X-ray technology in many types of diagnostic procedures, including:
- Arteriograms
- Computed tomography (CT) scans
- Fluoroscopy
Different body parts allow varying amounts of X-ray beams to pass through.
Soft Tissues
Soft tissue — blood, skin, fat and muscle — allows most of the X-ray to pass through and appear dark gray on the film or digital media.
Bones or Tumors
Bones and tumors are denser than soft tissue and appear white on an X-ray. Bone breaks look like a dark line on a white bone.
Image-Guided Biopsy Options
If a radiologist discovers a mass or growth during your imaging exam, a follow-up biopsy can give us important details. Biopsies determine if a growth is cancerous or benign (noncancerous). If a mass is cancerous, the biopsy also tells us the stage of cancer. This information guides your provider's creation of a customized treatment plan, tailoring it to your diagnosis and unique needs.
For biopsy procedures, our interventional radiology team at AdventHealth Minneola may guide your care. We offer several types of biopsies guided by imaging, including MRI and ultrasound.
Needle Biopsy
Fine-needle or core-needle biopsies are used to extract cells or a small core of tissue.
Stereotactic Biopsy
Computer and imaging technology guide a needle to a precise spot where a tissue sample can be collected.
Open or Surgical Biopsy
A sample of the growth, or the entire growth, is taken through a small incision in the skin.