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UCSD Medical Center – Hillcrest

410 Dickinson Street
San Diego, CA 92103-8749
(619) 543-6148

Hours of Operation:

  • Monday through Friday: 6:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.
  • Saturday: 6:30 am – 5 p.m.
  • Sunday: Closed

We have two MRI scanners at our Hillcrest location. One scanner is adjacent to the medical center (Dickinson Street location) and one is within the hospital. The 1.5 Tesla Siemens Symphony features the latest software upgrades including Maestro class with Syngo gradients. The 1.5 Tesla GE Signa Echospeed HDX offers the most current software level available and uses the Excite platform.

UCSD Medical Center – La Jolla: Thornton Hospital

9300 Campus Point Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037-7756
(858) 657-6671

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Hours of Operation:

  • Monday through Friday: 6:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.
  • Saturday: 6:30 am – 5 p.m.
  • Sunday: Closed

Two MRI scanners are available at UCSD's 120-bed John M. and Sally B. Thornton Hospital. The 1.5 Tesla GE Echospeed HDX MRI scanner located within Thornton hospital provides the most current software level available and uses the Excite platform. The newly remodeled MRI suite offers a relaxing, spa-like atmosphere in both the scan and control room and includes a sky panel for patients to view while lying on the scan table. The MRI adjacent to Thornton Medical Center is a 1.5 Tesla GE Twinspeed Excite System.
 

Moores UCSD Cancer Center - La Jolla

3855 Health Sciences Drive
La Jolla, CA  92093
Toll-Free Phone: (866) 773-2703

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Hours of Operation:

  • Monday through Friday: 6:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.

The 3 Tesla GE Twinspeed located within the Moore’s Cancer Center is the first clinical 3T MRI scanner in San Diego. This scanner features the latest software upgrades and offers the following capabilities and features:

  • Increased SNR with increase in field strength
  • High quality anatomical imaging with the use of multi channel coil technology
  • Functional Imaging
  • Advanced applications including cardiac, spectroscopy and vascular
  • Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging
  • Exablate – RF ablation of uterine fibroids
  • Breast Imaging, including MR guided biopsy procedures

All facilities provide the following features and amenities:

  • Convenient location
  • Rapid report turnaround time
  • Advanced applications including cardiac, spectroscopy and vascular
  • Short bore design for greater patient comfort
  • Headphone stereo system for patient
  • Dicom transfer of images, CD capability
  • An intercom and patient alert button so that the patient and technologist can be in continuous communication during the examination
  • Music for patient enjoyment during the examination
  • Outstanding customer service
  • Internationally recognized MRI radiologists and experienced technologists

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest
410 Dickinson Street, 8749
San Diego, CA
(619) 543-6148
Fax:(619) 543-5367