The picture of health isn’t always a conventionally pretty one. It’s usually black and white and sometimes out of focus. But it can save your life. Today’s picture of health is called imaging.
The Sedalia Imaging Center takes such pictures. The business opened in January and celebrated a grand opening last month. It provides MRIs, an abbreviation for Magnetic Resonance Imaging; DEXA scans, which detect calcium and minerals in bones; X-rays; and ultrasound images.
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