Neuroradiologist
Dr. Jill E. Thompson is a Neuroradiologist in Gastonia, NC
with special training and skill in diagnosing spine, neck, head, and central nervous system conditions by strategically using neuroimaging techniques.
As a Neuroradiologist, Jill E. Thompson, MD performs
X-rays, computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to detect neurological dysfunctions. Neuroradiology is
a subspecialty of radiology that diagnoses and characterizes abnormalities of the central and peripheral nervous system. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Neuroradiologists include cerebrovascular diseases, head, neck, and spinal diseases, carotid blowout syndrome, epistaxis, and facial hemangioma.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Neuroradiologists
include computed tomography (CT), diffuse optical imaging, event-related optical signal, magnetic resonance imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging, magnetoencephalography, positron emission tomography, single-photon emission computed tomography, and cranial ultrasound.
A radiologist who diagnoses and treats diseases utilizing imaging procedures as they relate to the brain, spine and spinal cord, head, neck and organs of special sense in adults and children.
Neuroradiologists in Gastonia, NC
Interventional Pain Doctor
Dr. Jill E. Thompson is an Interventional Pain Doctor in Gastonia, NC
with special training and skill in relieving, reducing, or managing pain and improving a patient's overall quality of life through minimally invasive techniques.
As an Interventional Pain Doctor, Jill E. Thompson, MD performs
physical exams and scans, assessments, and treatments for short and long term pain. Interventional Pain Medicine is
the study, assessment, diagnosis and treatment or management of chronic pain. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Interventional Pain Doctors include sciatica, herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and whiplash.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Interventional Pain Doctors
include discography, epidural injections, nerve, root, and medial branch blocks, facet joint injections, pulsed radiofrequency neurotomy (PRFN), rhizotomy, spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal pumps, and percutaneous discectomy/nucleoplasty.
Interventional Pain Medicine is the discipline of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of pain and related disorders principally with the application of interventional techniques in managing subacute, chronic, persistent, and intractable pain, independently or in conjunction with other modalities of treatment.
Interventional Pain Doctors in Gastonia, NC
