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Now-a-days almost all medical imaging is stored in a digital format and can easily be emailed from one place to another. So as long as you local imaging center has the right type of imaging equipment there should be no problem with having the scans done close to your home and have the images emailed to your oncologist or to the radiologist of your choice.

Now-a-days almost all medical imaging is stored in a digital format and can easily be emailed from one place to another. So as long as you local imaging center has the right type of imaging equipment there should be no problem with having the scans done close to your home and have the images emailed to your oncologist or to the radiologist of your choice.

Now-a-days almost all medical imaging is stored in a digital format and can easily be emailed from one place to another. So as long as you local imaging center has the right type of imaging equipment there should be no problem with having the scans done close to your home and have the images emailed to your oncologist or to the radiologist of your choice.

I discussed the same with my oncologist. CT scans might be too large to email but you could probably ask them to send them per standard mail on a DVD.

Then there is the decision if you also want the imaging center close to you to have a baseline CT or if you just have them do their first CT without any baseline to compare.

I would probably first ask the U of M if they could email a DVD with your last scans so you could bring them along for your first CT in the new center.

I discussed the same with my oncologist. CT scans might be too large to email but you could probably ask them to send them per standard mail on a DVD.

Then there is the decision if you also want the imaging center close to you to have a baseline CT or if you just have them do their first CT without any baseline to compare.

I would probably first ask the U of M if they could email a DVD with your last scans so you could bring them along for your first CT in the new center.

I discussed the same with my oncologist. CT scans might be too large to email but you could probably ask them to send them per standard mail on a DVD.

Then there is the decision if you also want the imaging center close to you to have a baseline CT or if you just have them do their first CT without any baseline to compare.

I would probably first ask the U of M if they could email a DVD with your last scans so you could bring them along for your first CT in the new center.

You might want to double-check with your doc…. Scans I had in a hospital in Nebraska were rejected by MSKCC because they didn't match up with the images required by their system.  I don't know too much about the fine points of scan, but I take it  your doctor may need to prescribe a specific staging or resolution?  to be consistent with other imagery.

You might want to double-check with your doc…. Scans I had in a hospital in Nebraska were rejected by MSKCC because they didn't match up with the images required by their system.  I don't know too much about the fine points of scan, but I take it  your doctor may need to prescribe a specific staging or resolution?  to be consistent with other imagery.

You might want to double-check with your doc…. Scans I had in a hospital in Nebraska were rejected by MSKCC because they didn't match up with the images required by their system.  I don't know too much about the fine points of scan, but I take it  your doctor may need to prescribe a specific staging or resolution?  to be consistent with other imagery.

Hi momrn5,

You can do the scan and have them forwarded to U of M. I think in general they prefer to have them done at U of M because they know the people reading them, but I know someone who for a year or so had them done every few months in GR and forwarded to Ann Arbor before his next appointment. 

The other option that this guy wound up doing is to have them schedule the scan in the morning and your appointment with the oncologist (Dr Lao) in the afternoon so you have the scan and get results the same day saving you an extra trip. 

I've had them do that for me before as well.

good luck!

Hi momrn5,

You can do the scan and have them forwarded to U of M. I think in general they prefer to have them done at U of M because they know the people reading them, but I know someone who for a year or so had them done every few months in GR and forwarded to Ann Arbor before his next appointment. 

The other option that this guy wound up doing is to have them schedule the scan in the morning and your appointment with the oncologist (Dr Lao) in the afternoon so you have the scan and get results the same day saving you an extra trip. 

I've had them do that for me before as well.

good luck!

Hi momrn5,

You can do the scan and have them forwarded to U of M. I think in general they prefer to have them done at U of M because they know the people reading them, but I know someone who for a year or so had them done every few months in GR and forwarded to Ann Arbor before his next appointment. 

The other option that this guy wound up doing is to have them schedule the scan in the morning and your appointment with the oncologist (Dr Lao) in the afternoon so you have the scan and get results the same day saving you an extra trip. 

I've had them do that for me before as well.

good luck!