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About Texas Radiology Associates
Texas Radiology Associates has been providing radiology services to
the North Dallas community since 1972, with practice locations at
Medical Center of Plano (since 1974), Baylor/Richardson Medical Center (since 1972),
and Presbyterian Hospital of Plano (since 1991). In
1997, we began serving the Las Colinas area as well,
with a new location at Las Colinas Medical Center.
At all of our hospital locations, we offer the full range of diagnostic and
interventional radiology services, including plain films, ultrasound, computed
tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, neuroradiology,
fluoroscopy, pediatric procedures, and interventional radiology. We have been
active in bringing new procedures to the area, including percutaneous vertebroplasty
for treatment of spinal compression fractures, and uterine artery embolization for
treatment of fibroids. Our group includes many fellowship-trained radiologists
with expertise in these areas. This includes specialists in women's imaging,
who have extensive experience in mammography and related procedures. Our
interventional radiologists perform a wide variety of procedures, including
venous access, angioplasty and stent placement, fibroid embolization, biopsies,
TIPS, and many more. In addition to the hospitals listed above, we also provide
interventional radiology services to the new North Central Medical Center in McKinney.
In 1999, we began serving several imaging centers as well. We are excited to be
able to offer "open magnet" MRI examinations at Open Diagnostics Inc., in Preston Center.
This technology is a boon to claustrophobic patients who need MRI studies, as well
as others who may not be able to tolerate conventional MRI.
Radiology is a rapidly evolving field, with many promising new procedures
on the horizon. We look forward to bringing these innovative technologies to
our patients as they are developed.
Imaging and Imaging Centers
At each of our hospitals, we offer all available cross-sectional imaging methods,
including CT, ultrasound, and MRI. We also offer noninvasive vascular studies such
as Doppler or “duplex” ultrasound, CT angiography, MR angiography, and segmental
pressure evaluation for peripheral vascular disease.
At one of our imaging center locations we offer "open" MRI. New state of the art open
scanners are more comfortable than conventional magnets, especially for claustrophobic
patients, and many patients who can't tolerate conventional MRI are able to undergo open
MRI with no difficulty. Unlike early open scanners, newer open magnets offer outstanding
image quality that is comparable to that of many conventional scanners. Open magnets can
perform the same range of procedures as these more confining magnets, including body and
neuro imaging, MR angiography, MR cholangiography, and kinematic imaging for joint motion
studies.
Sports medicine and musculoskeletal imaging are an important part of our practice
and an area of special interest for several of our radiologists. We work with many
orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine specialists to provide high quality diagnostic
examinations, targeted to specific clinical questions for each patient.
New patient Information (How to Book an
Appointment)
New patients can contact our office by phone at (972)867-7862 for more information,
or by email at
tawilliams@texasradiology.com. If you'd like to speak with a particular
physician or book an appointment with him/her, our office personnel can help arrange
this for you. Patients who want to schedule a procedure at one of our hospital or imaging
center locations should first contact one of our physicians to discuss the procedure.
Please have your insurance information available when you call, so we can be sure any
services you need will be covered by your plan. If you'd like to fax your insurance
information or other material to our office, the fax number is (972)612-1623.
Press/New Developtment
One of our interventional radiologists was featured on a local television news
program (May 21, 1999; KTVT Channel 11), discussing uterine artery embolization (UAE)
for treatment of fibroids. This minimally invasive procedure provides an alternative to
hysterectomy for many patients, and generally does not require an overnight hospital stay.
The recovery period is typically between 1-2 weeks, with minimal restrictions on activity
after the procedure. UAE can be performed at any of our hospital locations.
Dr. Anupam Singhal, one of our neuroradiologists, was the first physician to perform
percutaneous vertebroplasty in the Metroplex. This procedure, which is done with
fluoroscopic guidance, is highly successful in relieving intractable pain due to spinal
compression fractures. It can generally be done on an outpatient basis, and does not require
general anesthesia. One of the local television stations recently aired a story on
vertebroplasty featuring Dr. Singhal and one of his patient who underwent the procedure
(Kxxx, Channel 8; date aired). Vertebroplasty can be done at all of our hospital locations.
Our interventional radiologists will be participating in a nationwide screening program
this fall called "Legs for Life". This program is designed to screen patients for
peripheral vascular disease (PVD), and identify those who may need treatment. PVD
affects the arteries in the legs, and commonly produces leg pain during walking or
stair climbing. Treatment options include surgery, angioplasty and stent placement,
and medication & exercise programs. Texas Radiology Associates is sponsoring screenings
at Medical Center of Plano and at Presbyterian Hospital of Plano.
We will soon begin offering coincidence detection scanning at Medical Center of Plano.
This nuclear medicine technique is uniquely suited to imaging in certain conditions,
and is not widely available in the Metroplex. Based on positron emission tomography
(PET) scanning, this new technique has many applications in oncology, both in diagnosis
& staging of malignant tumors and in evaluation after therapy, and in cardiac imaging.
