Magnetic Resonance Imaging

One of Oregon's leading facilities for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Sky Lakes Medical Center offers patients the convenience of local diagnosis for many complex medical conditions.

MRI is a non-invasive procedure that creates a two-dimensional view of internal organs or structures using strong electromagnetic fields and sophisticated computers.

MRI tests are administered on the hospital's first floor and at our Outpatient Imaging center at 2900 Daggett Avenue, where our open-bore MRI unit is located.

Patients enter the hospital’s MRI unit through a tunnel. The Outpatient Imaging MRI unit is shaped like the letter C. Patients enter through the open side. Your doctor can advise you which unit is best for your tests.

Here's what you can expect in your MRI:

• An MRI uses a strong magnetic field to align the water molecules in your body tissues.
• A radio signal (not an X-ray) is directed to the part of your body being examined, temporarily disrupting this alignment.
• When the radio signal stops, water molecules return to their alignment at different rates and emit signals that are received and processed in a computer.
• Computers assemble the data into a series of images.
• Highly trained technologists monitor you and your test from behind a window in the control room.
• Radiologists evaluate the computer-generated images. They look for abnormalities to help make a diagnosis.

Call Diagnostic Imaging at 541-274-6269 for more information.