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MRI Vancouver

22 05, 2012

Rising rate of non-smoking women dying from lung cancer

2012-05-22T19:58:33-04:00May 22nd, 2012|MRI Vancouver|

CTV News recently reported that doctors noted a new phenomenon; more non-smoking women are dying of lung cancer. This phenomenon may be scary, but at AIM Medical Imaging our advanced technology can discover cancer before it is too late. Lung cancer is the biggest cause of cancer death in Canada, accounting for a quarter of [...]

15 05, 2012

Sharing our MRI expertise Down Under

2012-05-15T18:14:31-04:00May 15th, 2012|MRI Vancouver|

Our medical director and physician, Dr. Attariwala, just arrived home from a long journey Down Under to discuss our state-of-the-art MRI scanner and the advantages of full body imaging. We were the first in Canada to offer the Whole Body MRI with Advanced Cancer Detection and we were excited to share the benefits of this [...]

16 04, 2012

Whole Body Scans Save Lives

2012-04-16T22:52:55-04:00April 16th, 2012|MRI Vancouver|

We had a patient come in because her family doctor was concerned the aorta in her abdomen may rupture - the aorta is the largest artery in the body. The patient opted to do a Whole Body Scan instead. We found an enlarged aorta in her abdomen measuring 3.5 cm. If it is more than [...]

20 03, 2012

Whole Body Scans

2012-03-20T16:06:49-04:00March 20th, 2012|MRI Vancouver|

There is a wealth of information available online regarding whole body imaging. Journal articles contain the most reliable information, though these articles can be very technical. Generally only the abstracts of articles are available to the public, with a subscription required for the full text. There has been research conducted on almost everything imaginable, including [...]

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