Tel. 937-641-4000
Fax. 937-641-4500

Questions? To discuss your child's upcoming procedure, get directions, ask questions, etc, call medical imaging at 937-641-3811

See FAQs about radiation doses during CT scans 

Dayton Children's is one of just 50 hospitals in the country and the only one in the Dayton area to offer MRI video and audio to help children relax.
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To prepare your child:

• View videos of medical imaging procedures
• Test preparation instructions - Check with your doctor before following any of these instructions. They are guidelines only and require a doctor's advice specific to your child's situation. 
• Books for kids:
  What is a CAT scan?
  What is an MRI?

Location information: 
The Children's Medical Center of Dayton
Dayton Pediatric Imaging 
One Children's Plaza
Dayton, OH 45404-1815
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Note: Dayton Pediatric Imaging is a private practice located at Dayton Children's. It may not accept the same health insurance plans as Dayton Children's.

Medical Director: Elizabeth Ey, MD

Administrative director: Joanne Hand, RTR

Other active staff physicians

Anne L. Calkins, MD
Mary K. Greene, MD
Mark Halsted, MD
Dawn Light, MD, MPH
Mark Warren, DO
Barbara Wolfson, MD, FACR

The department of medical imaging (radiology/nuclear medicine) at The Children's Medical Center of Dayton offers a full spectrum of diagnostic imaging for pediatric patients. The pediatric radiologists are assisted by technologists and staff trained in working with infants, children and teenagers. Our personnel are highly skilled in sedating infants and young children. The radiology department has state-of-the-art equipment designed to perform diagnostic examinations with a minimum of radiation exposure to patients. An onsite MRI is available, offering the highest quality images with child-friendly features. In many cases, a parent can be with their child while he or she is being scanned and children are encouraged to bring their own music or stories to be played on the specially designed sound system. Appointments are available to meet most family's needs.

See videos of tests

Services available

• Computerized radiology, digital radiography and fluoroscopy- speech and swallowing studies, panorex mandible, scanogram for leg length measurement, skeletal age, scoliosis screening, therapeutic air enema for intussusception, voiding cystourethrogram, digital fluoroscopy and digital substraction angiography.
• Picture archiving and communication system (PACS) - sophisticated computer system that allows studies to be captured, stored, distributed and viewed electronically via a standard computer at Dayton Children's and via the internet. Images are also available from all of Dayton Children's off-site facilities.
• Nuclear medicine - gastric emptying and GE reflux, renal function, nuclear cystogram, Gallium imaging, dacrycystogram, bone scan, cisternography, SPECT imaging, MIBG tumor imaging, lymphangioscintigraphy 
• Ultrasound (U/S) - cerebral U/S; pyloris U/S; hip U/S; vascular imaging including transcranial doppler; renal doppler and peripheral vascular; infant spine evaluation; renal, abdominal, pelvic and soft tissue imaging; percutaneous biopsy
• CT scan - 64-slice high resolution multidector helical scanning in the head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis and extremities; CT angiography percutaneous biopsy and drainage, 3D and multiplanar reconstruction; CT fluoroscopy
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - MRI scanning of brain, spine, extremity, specialized cardiac cine studies, MR angiography and venography, diffusion imaging, MRCP and spectroscopy are also available
• Volumetric quantitative CT (QCT) bone densitometry - short helical CT is performed through the L1 and L2 vertebral bodies measures bone density
• Sedation service provided, including anesthesia, internists and nurse practitioners

View a schedule of imaging services and locations

Referral Information for physicians:

Test preparation instructions now available online.

Online referral

Medical Imaging
Phone: 937-641-4000
Fax: 937-641-4500

Hours phone referrals accepted: Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 6:00 pm

Appointments are available Monday - Friday, 6:30 am - 9:00 pm; Saturday, 7:00 am - 3:30 pm. Emergent imaging is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Billing information

A referral form is included in the Guide to Services and the fax referral booklet. If you do not have one of these, call 937-641-3666.