The MRI staff includes Board-Certified radiologists and nationally certified radiologic technologists who deliver hundreds of safe and accurate tests every year. Cape Regional Medical Center™s MRI unit is among the fastest and most advanced available, providing images of the entire body in unprecedented detail and without the use of X-rays. MRI works using a combination of magnetic energy and radio waves to create pictures of the inside of the body. For more information or an appointment, please call 609-463-4000.

Cape Radiology is our outpatient facility located at 4011 Route 9 South in Rio Grande, New Jersey. This convenient location brings a variety of advanced diagnostic imaging services to Southern Cape May County. For more information, please call 609-886-0100.

Cape Community PETscan

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has fundamental advantages over the other diagnostic imaging techniques because PET provides a direct measure of biochemistry and functional (e.g. metabolic) activity. Since precursors to disease are biochemical in nature and initially affect function, PET can save costs in the diagnosis and treatment of many significant disease conditions, including those in the fields of oncology, cardiology, and neurology.

In oncology, PET is the only modality that can accurately image many organs of the body with a single pass to allow determination of malignancy. It can also provide information to determination of whether a primary cancer has metastasized to other parts of the body. PET has demonstrated its usefulness in: cost effective, whole-body metastatic surveys; avoiding
biopsies for low grade tumors; non-invasive differentiation of tumors from radiation necrosis; early change in course of ineffective chemotherapy; and avoiding unnecessary diagnostic and therapeutic surgeries. In cardiology, PET enables physicians to screen for coronary artery disease, to assess flow rates and flow reserve, and to distinguish viable from nonviable myocardium for bypass and transplant candidates. In neurology, PET provides information for assessing various neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and other dementias, Parkinson's, and Huntington's. Additionally, it localizes epileptic foci for qualifying and identifying the site for surgical intervention. It allows the characterization, grading, and assessment of possible brain tumor recurrence.