The UF Health Cardiovascular and Thoracic Imaging team in Jacksonville,
Florida, provides a full range of advanced cardiovascular and thoracic imaging for
clinical cardiac specialists, including the cardiologists,
pediatric cardiologists and
cardiothoracic surgeons at UF Health Jacksonville and UF Health North.
The cardiovascular imaging experts perform non-invasive diagnostic imaging of the
heart, great arteries and veins, as well as surrounding structures, such as the
pericardium. Services also include full vascluar imaging, including coronary, carotid,
thoracic, abdominal, pelvic and extremity vascular studies. In addition, the division
offers pulmonary imaging, including conventional diagnostic chest radiographs and
CT, low-dose lung cancer screening, and high-resolution CT scans for evaluation
of focal and diffuse lung disease and tracheobronchial pathology.
Available imaging methods include magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (1.5 and 3.0 Tesla),
computed tomography (CT) scanning (dual-source 64-slice) and nuclear imaging including
single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and hybrid positron emission
tomography (PET-CT).