When you need sub-specialized medical imaging services, turn to the oldest and most respected center in the Tampa Bay area: University Diagnostic Institute. UDI's medical imaging services was founded on the campus of the University of South Florida, just down the street from USF Medical Clinics and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center as the original high-tech medical imaging center in Tampa. The first Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scanner in the Bay area began operations here in 1984. Since then, the original MRI equipment has been upgraded to 1.5 Tesla strength and joined by an open MRI plus a brand-new 3.0 Tesla MRI that is the most sophisticated and advanced medical imaging scanner in the region.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging with a 3.0 Tesla system allows significant improvements and additions to conventional sequences used for diagnostic imaging. For bones and joints, it offers superb new anatomical detail appreciation, specifically in the cartilage of the joints and the surrounding muscles, tendons, nerves, and blood vessels. For the spine, 3.0 Tesla offers significantly improved detail of nerve roots and intervertebral discs and ligaments. In the brain, the new techniques are revolutionary; Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) allows direct visualization of white matter fiber tracts, Perfusion MRI scanning allows quantification of blood flow in the brain, and MR Spectroscopy (MRS) makes in vivo studies of hydrogen spectra a reality. The most important new feature, however, is Functional MRI (fMRI) which makes it possible to directly see and record areas of the brain as they are being utilized. The professional staff of fellowship trained, CAQ Certified, senior members of the American Society of Neuroradiology at UDI has the knowledge and expertise to correctly perform and interpret these new types of MRI studies in order to achieve the most accurate diagnosis the first time.

Computerized Tomography (CT) has also come a long way from the early days in the 1970's when it was first introduced. UDI has continued to stay ahead of medical imaging developments with the most sophisticated, 64-detector CT scanner just installed for routine medical imaging as well as cutting-edge cardiac CT angiography.

UDI continues to serve the patient's needs for comfort, ease, and respect in a private practice setting while providing the best medical imaging and rapid diagnosis for the referring physician. Convenient hours, location, and acceptance of all insurance plans makes it easy for you to choose the best!

We welcome you to navigate through our website and hope all of your questions regarding our medical imaging services are answered inside. If there is anything else that you might need to know in order to make your MRI or CT experience easier and more comfortable, please contact any of our staff by phone or e-mail.