Posted on 5:11 pm, Thursday, April 19, 2012. Tags: douglas sides, kona community hospital, magnetic resonance imaging, mammogram, mri
MEDIA RELEASE Kona Community Hospital’s new state-of-the-art Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine now features the relatively new technique of breast imaging. Although proven effective in multiple recent clinical trials, it is new to KCH, and has not previously been performed in Kona. The procedure is safe, accurate, and cost-effective, costing about the same amount as […]
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Posted on 11:17 am, Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Tags: kch, kona community hospital, mri, open bore
Kona Community Hospital has installed the region’s first Open Bore, 1.5 Tesla, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system that combines a larger bore, or opening, for obese and claustrophobic patients with the ability to capture high-field quality diagnostic images. It is identified as the best on the neighbor islands and is the same premier machine as […]
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