Thousand Oaks Radiology

03/27/2020

Providers started realizing that they could not use age or comorbidity to determine which COVID-19 patients might develop severe pneumonia. Instead, they’ve started using ultrasound to help sort things out and triage cases.

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Providers at one Italian emergency department started realizing that they could not use age or comorbidity to determine which COVID-19 patients might develop severe pneumonia. Instead, they’ve started using ultrasound to help sort things out and triage cases.

03/26/2020

The Benefits of Healthy Habits:
Controls weight.
Improves mood.
Combats diseases.
Boosts energy.
Improves longevity.

03/25/2020

Having difficulty breathing? Chest X-rays can detect cancer, infection or air collecting in the space around a lung (pneumothorax). They can also show chronic lung conditions, such as emphysema or cystic fibrosis, as well as complications related to these conditions.

03/23/2020

At Thousand Oaks Radiology we offer advanced technology in MRI imaging. Using our high powered 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner we provide important information to your physician that will assist in diagnosis and treatment planning.

03/20/2020

Meet Ruth L. Polan, M.D.! Dr.Polan went to Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA.

03/16/2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for home isolation for people age 65 and older and those with chronic diseases due to growing public health concerns about the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

03/16/2020

The CDC recommends 15-20 seconds of vigorous hand washing with soap and water to effectively kill germs, but only about 5% of people wash their hands for 15-seconds or more. Keeping hands clean is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid spreading germs to others.

03/08/2020

Nothing is worse than a sick baby. Pyloric stenosis is a problem that affects babies between birth and 6 months of age and causes forceful vomiting that can lead to dehydration. A simple ultrasound can help treat pyloric stenosis.

03/05/2020

Positron emission tomography (PET) uses small amounts of radioactive materials called radiotracers, a special camera and a computer to help evaluate your organ and tissue functions. By identifying body changes at the cellular level, PET may detect the early onset of disease before it is evident on other imaging tests.

03/01/2020

An ultrasound scan uses sound waves to produce pictures. A scanning device called transducer is used to get a picture of different parts of your belly. The sound waves bounce back from organs inside your body, which then forms an image on the monitor.