Directions to FRA Facilities
(click to download map):

Maplewood Imaging Center (MIC) - location of Conference Room & Business Office
Greystone Imaging Center (GIC)- Location for outpatient coronary CTA studies

Salem MRI Center - Location for outpatient Cardiac MRI studies.

These facilities and their addresses are all described on the Forsyth Radiological Associates (FRA) web site.

Salem MRI
Salem MRI
1710 S. Hawthorne Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC .......

(336) 277-0200

Office Hours: Monday - Friday
    -- 7:30am - 5:00pm

CALL to order your scan:
(336) 794-XRAY (9729) Or (336) 794-4190

Besides coronary CT Angiography, Dr. Duerinckx and his FRA cardiac imaging team also offer cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Cardiac MRI can accurately depict cardiac structure, function, perfusion and myocardial viability. Although it has been used extensively in cardiac imaging research, it has seen less use in clinical practice. MR evaluation of ventricular function is well established. Studies have shown that quantification of ventricular volumes with MR is accurate and more reproducible than echocardiography. But echocardiography is used more often in clinical practice because it is more available and less expensive.

In patients with known coronary artery disease, MR can play a critical role in the identification and differentiation of viable from nonviable myocardium. Cardiac MR imaging has made dramatic progress with delayed hyper- enhancement techniques (DE-MRI). Cardiac MRI acquires T1 - weighted gradient echo images after the administration of a MR contrast agent; viable tissue is dark, whereas nonviable (fibrotic or scarred) tissue is enhanced. The amount of enhancement is inversely correlated with recovery of function following revascularization. DE-MRI can show small, subendocardial areas of infarction, which even PET scans may miss.

Most insurance carriers will reimburse for the following ICD-9 codes:
Hypertension, chest pain, .. Click here to download a full list

NewWork Phone number : 216- 778 4020:
For FRA: call: 336-794 4117;           
FAX::+1-336-231 8959

Dr Duerinckx can be reached by e-mail at: andrejd@earthlink.net
or via iChat and AOL at andreduerinckx@aol.com