Medical Imaging

Nix Health offers all of the medical diagnostic tools you would expect to find at a quality medical center, including MRI, CT, x-ray, mammography, angiography, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, and nuclear medicine.

Various services are available at both Nix Medical Center and Nix Alamo Heights. Please contact facility for specific services available.

Nix Imaging Services utilizes sophisticated equipment and procedures to aid physicians in diagnosing and treating complex and difficult-to-detect problems. Our respected team of radiologists from the South Texas Radiology Group has a longstanding reputation for excellence. Nix Imaging provides the following services:


  • Guided biopsy
  • Arteriograms
  • Myelography
  • Arthrography
  • Bone DEXA

  • Outpatient, core biopsies using
    1. Mammography unit
    2. CT unit
    3. Ultrasound unit
       
  • Diagnostic Radiological Procedures
    1. Chest exams
    2. Bone studies
    3. Gastrointestinal exams
    4. Urinary tract exams
       
  • Mammography
    1. Mammomat 3000
       
  • Ultrasound Procedures
    1. 2-D Echocardiogram with Doppler and Carotid Doppler Studies
    2. State-of-the-art color doppler
    3. Transesophageal (TEE) Probe
       
  • Nuclear Medicine
    1. SPECT Scanning
       
  • CT Scan
    1. 40-channel Spiral CT unit allows rapid scanning
    2. Ultra-high resolution
    3. Crystal Clear images
       
  • Invasive Radiology and Special Procedures
    1. Angiographic procedures
    2. Arterial Angioplasty/Stents
    3. Biopsies
    4. Stent procedures in urinary or bilary tracts
    5. Vasuclar stents
    6. Vena Cava filters
    7. Epidural steroid injections, nerve root blocks, spine facet injections, sacroiliac joint injections
    8. Joint injections
    9. Facet/sacroiliac joint ablations