TRUEMRI Center 

FIRST AT LIFE WEST:

A  NEW WEIGHT-BEARING MRI FACILTY

(click here to participate in a normative data study conducted by Life West and TrueMRI)

Life Chiropractic College West in collaboration with True MRI Inc. of Anaheim, California, has taken a ground-breaking step forward in diagnostic imaging and together they are bringing one of the most exciting images technologies ever developed to the hands of the practicing chiropractor and to the undergraduate experience of chiropractic students at the College.

We have seen an upward growth in interest and application of MRI use in the chiropractic profession. Over those same years we have also seen the one major limitation of MRI--patients are scanned in a non-weight-bearing position absent the effects of gravity, absent the effects of real-world situations.

The solution to this serious weakness in the use of MRI technologies--a positional, kinetic MRI (kMRI)--has been installed on the campus of Life Chiropractic College West. This technology allows a patient to be scanned in a mid-level tesla strength magnetic field (0.60), which is ideal for spinal MRI, while in a weight-bearing position, under the influences of gravity as they impose on their structure and function every day of their lives.

The freedom of the design and application of the technology allows patients to be scanned, not only in a weight-bearing position, but also for lateral flexion studies, rotational studies and flexion/extension studies. Patients can be imaged in the activities of their lives--in the processes that are related to their suffering and in the processes that yield a treasure trove of heretofore unavailable clinical information.

The College has entered a professional collaboration with True MRI, the world’s most experienced radiology group in the application and interpretation of weight-bearing MRI. True MRI has performed and interpreted over 10,000 kMRI scans and in the process they have become the unquestioned authority on this technology. The reports emanating from the True MRI facility on the Life Chiropractic College West campus will have been read by the most experienced medical radiologists and the most experienced chiropractic radiologists, with respect to this technology, in the world.

The technology, the experience and the applications add up to one of the most exciting developments in imaging since the invention of MRI itself. From the College’s perspective we are excited about the opportunity to bring this technology to the practicing chiropractor, to use this technology in trying to answer some of our oldest and stickiest clinical questions and to offer yet another step forward in the education and training of tomorrow’s chiropractors.

If you practice in the greater San Francisco Bay Area referring your patients to True MRI is as easy, quick and convenient as referring them to any other facility. But in addition, think about the advantages of weight-bearing scans, comprehensive anatomical and functional measurements and the patient comfort offered by saying goodbye to the tube!

True MRI is receiving patient referrals Monday through Friday at the College. You can refer a patient to True MRI by calling 866.878.3674. You can also receive a referral packet from True MRI by calling the same number. This packet will provide you with a wide range of information about True MRI, the kMRI approach, referral protocols and general information.

For the complete TRUEMRI presentation, click here.