EXAM PREPARATION

• Photo ID
• Current health insurance card
• Prescription/referral or authorization paperwork
• List of current medications including vitamins and herbal supplements
• Previous images and reports related to your exam

Plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment unless your exam prep guidelines or a member of our team advises otherwise.

Patients receiving sedation for an MRI scan must be accompanied by a friend or family member who can safely drive them home after their test is over.

Blood work is required for the following patients within the 6 weeks of the scheduled appointment date:

• Dialysis patients

• Patients with kidney disease or failure

• Patients that have had a kidney transplant or have a single kidney

• Patients that have renal cancer or surgery

Encore Imaging may perform creatinine test at the time of scan if current lab results are older than 6 weeks. *Not offered at all clinics – subject to availability and scheduling constraints.

Patients with a history of asthma, diabetes, kidney disease, severe allergies, or prior contrast reaction MUST notify the technologist prior to the exam.

Patients with prior adverse contrast reaction must have their referring physician contact our office about premedication.

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your exam.

Remove any metallic objects (jewelry, glasses, hairpins, hearing aids, etc.) and clothing with metal parts such as zippers or underwired bras, prior to exam as these may interfere with the clarity of the images.

Please make us aware if you have a history of the following:

• Brain aneurysm clips
• Cochlear implants or ear tubes
• Electronic implantable devices
• Neurostimulator
• Breast Expanders
• Has worked with metal
• Artificial heart valve
• Pacemaker

*DO NOT stop taking your medication. All medications may be taken with a small sip of water.