The department of radiology of Vardaan Hospital has several state of the art equipments. personnel are working for the diagnostic and therapeutic services. Clinical equipment for radiology is “state-of-the-art”. The department is also equipped with state of the art Ultrasound Scanner.
Facilities: The department of radiology & Imaging of Vardaan Hospital
Conventional Radiography
The Radiology department is equipped with a number of computer and digital radiography machines. Apart from this an image intensifier fluoroscopy unit is available on which contrast examinations and fluoroscopic guided procedures are done. The procedures done under fluoroscopy include barium studies for GIT, hystero salpingogram, siailogram, sinusogram, venorgram, etc. The department also does urological investigations such as intravenous urogram and micturating cystourethrogram. Percutaneous vertebral biopsy, vertebroplasty, peripheral angiograms are done under fluoroscopic guidance.
Ultrasound
The ultrasound facility of the department of Radiology of Vardaan Hospital is one of the earliest ultrasound units set up in the city and the major work profiles using ultrasound include transabdominal sonogram, antenatal sonography, ovulation monitoring, paediatric and neonatal sonography, neurosonography, mammosonography, musculoskeletal sonography, transvaginal and transrectal ultrasound. Sonography of small parts such as thyroid, parathyroid and scrotum are routinely done. Doppler sonography of the abdomen, carotid and peripheral vessels and for pregnancy, transplant kidney and impotency are also performed routinely. A number of invasive procedures like biopsy of liver, kidneys, mediastinal and retro-peritoneal lymphnodes, breast and muscul-oskeletal lesions are done under sonographic guidance. USG – guided aspiration of pleural effusion, ascites, liver abscess, psoas abscess, subphrenic collection and pancreatic psuedocyst are also done routinely. The sonographic examinations is rapidly progressing year by year.
Computed Tomography (CT)
The Department has CT scanner is still functional and caters currently to emergency head injuries, fluoroscopic guided procedures. The major activity includes routine spiral CT scans, CT angiography, coronary calcium scoring and various CT endoscopic procedures. The volume data of the CT images are processed in workstation to produce excellent 3D reconstructional images. Coronary imaging, CT brain perfusion are the added features done routinely. CT guided biopsies of lung, liver mediastinal and vertebral lesions are the CT guided interventions done regularly. Aspiration of thoracic collections with catheter insertion, peritoneal/ pancreatic collections – catheter drainage, alcohol ablation of liver tumors are also performed under CT guidance.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
The majority of the work comprises of brain and spine scans. Other investigations using MRI includes MRCP, MR Angiography, Functional MRI, cardiac studies. Fetal MRI, MRI of obstructive sleep apnea, cochlear imaging are certain unique investigations carried out in this center.
Interventional Radiology
The department has been regularly performing image guided (Ultrasound, fluoroscopy and CT) biopsies/aspirations of various organs and lesions routinely. The department is well known for its expertise in performing complex biopsies and aspiration procedures. Several publications and presentations of scientific articles on this aspect from this department makes it one of the popular among the clinicians. The most important image guided procedures include unique biopsy of complex deep seated mediastinal / lung lesions and vertebral biopsies.
The growth of this speciality is facilitated by the excellent team support from neurologists, neurosurgeons, cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, anesthesiologists, surgeons and physicians. Further, well equipped intensive care units with dedicated supporting staff are available for patient care. The growth profile of interventions and invasive diagnostic procedures are given below. The division also mans the outpatient and inpatient care services, who requires interventional procedures. A steady growth in the patient care services reflects the popularity of this sub speciality.
