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A state of the art diagnostic medical imaging facility “highfields imaging” investing in a healthier community
ighfields Imaging is a new, comprehensive imaging facility located near Port Macquarie Base Hospital. Delivering new specialist scanning services for the region that were not previously available while enabling better diagnostic, treatment and patient outcomes. Chrissy Jones also spoke with both Shayne Trotter, Area Manager for Mid North Coast Diagnostic Imaging and Matt Ayers, State Manager, Regional NSW for Healthcare Imaging Services about the state of the art, multi-million dollar facility now open at 14 Highfields Circuit, Port Macquarie. The building is a comprehensive diagnostic
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medical imaging facility. Tell us what it is equipped with. The complex is a culmination of existing imaging site consolidation that allows for future growth with new levels of convenience and cutting-edge medical imaging technology. “Highfields” brings service sophistication to the local community’s doctors while ensuring patient comfort and well-being is at the forefront. The world-class technology includes the region’s first 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner with BioMatrix technology for fast, accurate precision imaging of musculoskeletal conditions like knee, ankle and shoulder trauma,
brain and spine conditions including stroke, disc protrusions and sciatica. This technology also accurately pinpoints prostate and breast cancers and causes of infertility and complex cardiac malformations. The facility also features the region’s first Positron Emission Tomography Computerised Tomography (PET CT), ‘the Gold Standard’ of cancer imaging. This technology can detect cancer and other pathology that can’t be seen with other imaging modalities. It can also track patients treatment response to chemotherapy and radiation therapy. This massive investment from MNCDI enables
our most unwell patients to have access to imaging as part of their diagnosis and treatment for cancer, at home supported by family and friends. Another first for the community is the low dose 256 Dual Source/Dual Energy CT scanner which allows imaging specialists to do a lot more around the characterisation and detection of pathologies such as tumours. This CT scanner delivers precise diagnostic results for every patient by taking into account each patient’s physical condition. Rounding out “Highfields” services will be Digital X-Ray, Dental Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, 3D digital breast mammography. The introduction of five ultrasound rooms will include a specialist