Specialty Protocols

Orthopedic Imaging Capabilities

Our Advanced Sequences and Protocols for conditions like arthritis, joint impingement, osteoporosis, tendinitis and other orthopedic conditions.

(We can add new protocols as requested)

Orthopedic CT Protocols*

Hip

  • Bodycad
  • Conformis®
  • Mako®
  • Materialise®
  • MyHip® (Medacta®)
  • Oncos
  • Symbios®

Knee

  • Active Motion
  • Bodycad
  • Conformis®
  • Mako®
  • Materialise®
  • MyKnee® (Medacta®)
  • Signature™
  • Stryker®
  • Symbios®
  • TruMatch®
  • Zimmer Biomet®

Ankle

  • Prophecy®
  • Quantum®
  • Vantage®

Shoulder

  • Arthrex®
  • Blueprint®
  • Exactech GPS®
  • MyShoulder® (Medacta®)
  • Zimmer Biomet®

Ortho MRI Protocols*

Ortho MRI Protocols

Hip

  • McKibbin Index

Knee

  • MyKnee® (Medacta®)
  • Signature™
  • Visionaire®
  • Zimmer Biomet®

Other Sequences, Protocols, and Advanced Services*

Ortho MRI Sequence

  • McKibbin Index

Ortho CT Protocols

  • Femoral Anteversion Study
  • Scanogram
  • 3T CT Reconstruction
  • Mako® Spine CT

Advanced Series

  • Arthrogram
  • Full Length Scoliosis X-Ray (Junius Location)
  • Patellar Traslation (TT-TG Distance)
  • Ultrasound

Advanced Neuro Sequences & Protocols*

Our Advanced Sequences and Protocols for conditions like Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, minor head trauma, and other neurological conditions.

Magnetization Prepared 2 Rapid Acquisition Gradient Echoes

Magnetization Prepared 2 Rapid Acquisition Gradient Echoes (MP2RAGE) is a fast 3D T1 sequence with a very high contrast that creates superior grey matter/white matter differentiation, showing a higher brain tissue and lesion contrast in multiple sclerosis patients. 

Metal Artifact Reduction Sequence

Metal Artifact Reduction Sequence ensures the best quality images are produced by minimizing the image artifacts and distortion caused by metal implants throughout the body. Commonly this is used evaluating the spine after surgery with fusion hardware in place. 

Motion Correction in 3 Planes

Motion Correction in 3 Planes addresses both in-plane and through-plane motion artifacts. 

MRI Brain with Cerebral Spinal Fluid Flow

MRI Brain with Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) Flow evaluates the flow of CSF around the brain, brainstem or spinal cord. 

Susceptibility Weighted Imaging

Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI) is an MRI sequence that is exquisitely sensitive to venous blood, hemorrhages, and iron storage, making it commonly used in the diagnosis/treatment of head injuries and concussions. 

Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Becoming more common in the treatment of tumors and brain injuries; Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is used to visualize, assess, and build 3D models of white matter fiber tracts of the brain. 

MRI Brain ARIA for Alzheimer's Treatments

Touchstone Medical Imaging delivers advanced, accurate, high-quality imaging and reports to assess plaques and any side effects associated with monoclonal antibody (MAB) therapies, with a team of neuroradiologists trained to read for ARIA.

PET Diagnostic Scans for Alzheimer's Treatments

Touchstone Medical Imaging offers amyloid PET/CT scans for pretreatment assessment and evaluation for monoclonal antibody therapies to treat Alzheimer’s Disease. 

NeuroQuant®

NeuroQuant®, a medical software, provides volumetric measurements of brain structures and compares the volumes to normative reference data adjusted for age, sex, and intracranial volume. This is very useful following patients with dementia, seizures, and neurodegenerative diseases. 

*Protocol, Sequences, and Advanced Services may differ by center location. Please contact your Diagnostic Imaging Specialist to verify if the desire imaging is available at your preferred location.

ENT Imaging Capabilities

Our Advanced Sequences and Protocols for conditions like chronic sinusitis, hearing loss, ear infections, dysphagia, sleep apnea, tonsils and adenoid problems, vertigo, allergies, and head and neck cancer.

We offer routine ENT MRI and CT sequences and protocols with and without contrast.

(New protocols can be added as requested)

ENT CT Protocols*

  • CT Maxillofacial
  • CT Parathyroid 4D
  • CT Sinus
  • CT Surgical Sinus (Fiagon®, Medtronic®, Stealth, Stryker®)
  • CT Soft Tissue Neck
  • CT Temporal Bone and/or IAC
  • CTA Brain & Neck

ENT MRI Sequence*

  • MR Angiogram
  • MRI Brain
  • MRI Brain CSF Leak
  • MRI Brain IAC
  • MRI Brain Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • MRI Orbit, Face and/or Neck
  • MRI Soft Tissue Neck
  • MRI Skull Base
  • MRI TMJ

Other Services*

  • Ultrasound
  • X-ray (Rapid Chest)
  • PET/CT

Pain Imaging Capabilities

Our Advanced Sequences and Protocols for conditions like lumbar radiculopathy, spinal stenosis, trigeminal neuralgia, peripheral neuropathy, compression spine fracture, and other chronic pain conditions.  

We offer routine Pain Medicine MRI and CT sequences and protocols with and without contrast.

(New protocols can be added as requested)

Sequences, Protocols and Assessments*

Spine

  • Cervical/Thoracic/Lumbar Spine
  • Degenerative Disc Disease/ Disc Herniation
  • Flexion/Extension X-rays
  • STIR
  • Modic Change Measurement (Lumbar Spine MRI)
  • 3D Remodeling of Spine CT

Head/Brain

  • CISS Sequence for Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • MRI with Cerebral Spinal Fluid Flow

Other

  • Hip
  • Pelvis/Sacrum
  • Shoulder
  • Metal Artifact Reduction Sequence

Other Services*

  • CT Myelogram
  • MRI Arthrogram
  • Open MRI
  • Imaging for Spinal Cord Simulator patients
  • Ultrasound – Soft Tissue, DVT
  • Digital X-rays, walk-ins welcome