Sections in Radiology
Adult Radiology
Adult Radiology at the Health Sciences Centre is a network of imaging rooms involving three interventional/ angiography suites, a lithotripsy unit, a mammography unit, four outpatient general imaging rooms, one CT scanner and two Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanners in the General Hospital. Located in our new Ann Thomas Building are two CT scanners, two fluoroscopy suites and an additional two general imaging rooms for inpatient and trauma/emergency imaging. The department also provides operating room and mobile imaging services. We are part of the diagnostic imaging "family" which includes adult and pediatric radiology, film files/transcription, nuclear medicine/radiopharmacy, PET CT scan, and ultrasound. A dedicated team of management, radiologists, residents, technologists, nurses, students, instructors, clerical staff, service engineers, radiation safety and inventory control personnel all assist in our busy, but most rewarding Radiology department.
Ultrasound
Radiation Oncology
The Department of Radiation Oncology saw approximately 3120 new patients in 2006-7. Over 45,000 external beam radiation treatments were given in 2006. Members of the Department work closely with Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology and Hematology in multidisciplinary disease site clinics, multidisciplinary disease site case rounds and in multidisciplinary disease site policy and management committees.
Medical Physics
The Division of Medical Physics encompasses five service departments: Medical Devices, Nuclear Electronics, Radiation Protection, Imaging and Radiotherapy Physics. These departments provide direct clinical services, equipment maintenance, teaching, research, development and other essential support services.
Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine and medical imaging that uses the nuclear properties of matter in diagnosis and therapy. Many procedures in nuclear medicine use radionuclides, or pharmaceuticals that have been labeled with a radionuclide (radiopharmaceuticals). In diagnosis, radioactive substances are administered to patients and the radiation emitted is measured. Diagnostic tests in nuclear medicine exploit the way that the body handles substances differently when there is disease or pathology present. The majority of these diagnostic tests involve the formation of an image using a gamma camera. Nuclear medicine differ from most other imaging modalities in that the tests primarily show the physiological function of the system being investigated as opposed to the anatomy.
Pediatric Radiology
Adult Radiology at the Health Sciences Centre is a network of imaging rooms involving three interventional/ angiography suites, a lithotripsy unit, a mammography unit, four outpatient general imaging rooms, one CT scanner and two Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanners in the General Hospital. Located in our new Ann Thomas Building are two CT scanners, two fluoroscopy suites and an additional two general imaging rooms for inpatient and trauma/emergency imaging. The department also provides operating room and mobile imaging services. We are part of the diagnostic imaging "family" which includes adult and pediatric radiology, film files/transcription, nuclear medicine/radiopharmacy, PET CT scan, and ultrasound. A dedicated team of management, radiologists, residents, technologists, nurses, students, instructors, clerical staff, service engineers, radiation safety and inventory control personnel all assist in our busy, but most rewarding Radiology department.
Ultrasound
Radiation Oncology
The Department of Radiation Oncology saw approximately 3120 new patients in 2006-7. Over 45,000 external beam radiation treatments were given in 2006. Members of the Department work closely with Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology and Hematology in multidisciplinary disease site clinics, multidisciplinary disease site case rounds and in multidisciplinary disease site policy and management committees.
Medical Physics
The Division of Medical Physics encompasses five service departments: Medical Devices, Nuclear Electronics, Radiation Protection, Imaging and Radiotherapy Physics. These departments provide direct clinical services, equipment maintenance, teaching, research, development and other essential support services.
Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine and medical imaging that uses the nuclear properties of matter in diagnosis and therapy. Many procedures in nuclear medicine use radionuclides, or pharmaceuticals that have been labeled with a radionuclide (radiopharmaceuticals). In diagnosis, radioactive substances are administered to patients and the radiation emitted is measured. Diagnostic tests in nuclear medicine exploit the way that the body handles substances differently when there is disease or pathology present. The majority of these diagnostic tests involve the formation of an image using a gamma camera. Nuclear medicine differ from most other imaging modalities in that the tests primarily show the physiological function of the system being investigated as opposed to the anatomy.
Pediatric Radiology