FirstMRI Chosen by OtisMed for Precision Knee Imaging
April, 2009 Bangor Daily News Special Edition: Perspectives
FirstMRI has been chosen by OtisMed to provide orthopedic physicians with the precise MR images that will be used for patients who are scheduled for total knee replacement surgery using OtisKnee® products that have been developed to provide a custom fit knee replacement.
FirstMRI Offers Experience and Technology in Breast Cancer Screening
October 8, 2008 Bangor Daily News Special Section on Health
...As of 2007 the ACS recommends that women at high risk for breast cancer have an MRI in addition to, not instead of a mammogram. Because it’s a more sensitive test, it is actually better able to detect cancer than a mammogram. It is also suggested that women at moderate risk ask their medical professional about the benefits of adding MRI screening to their yearly mammogram.
Claustrophobic Patient Praises FirstMRI Experience by Annaliese Jakimides
June 2008 Orville Olson is a disabled Vietnam Marine veteran. A Waterville resident, he finally had to sell his restaurant in his hometown when it became impossible for him to continue the heavy workload. Olson’s muscles are “dying” from secondary exposure to Agent Orange, resulting in a long list of medications, full-time oxygen use, regular check-ups for “the cancer,” as he calls it, and a number of tests, including MRIs.
FirstMRI Technologist Amanda Turcotte Earns Credentials
May 2008 FirstMRI of Bangor is pleased to announce that technologist Amanda Turcotte recently passed her advanced registry exam in Magnetic Resonance Imaging administered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).
FirstMRI Leads Maine in Technolgy Experience by Annaliese Jakimides
April, 2008 Bangor Daily News Special Edition: Perspectives
“What we have, both in people and equipment, no other MRI provider around comes close to; no one reaches the standard of care or the standard of delivery we have here,” says Kathy Merrithew, technical supervisor for FirstMRI. An independent provider located at the EMMC State Street campus in Bangor, FirstMRI has more experience with magnetic resonance imaging technology than any other MRI service in the state.
FirstMRI Receives ACR Accreditation
November 6, 2007 FirstMRI in Bangor, Maine has been awarded a three-year term of accreditationas a result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology.