RADIOLOGY

Diagnostic Radiology

Diagnostic radiology involves the use of x-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, and computed tomography (CT) scans, nuclear medicine, to create images of the inside of the body. These are used to diagnose problems such as infections inside bones or breast tumors.

Diagnostic imaging tests use various technologies such as X-ray images, CT scans, or ultrasounds of your internal organs. A diagnostic test may be used to help determine the cause of your symptoms, to monitor how well your body is responding to a treatment you are receiving for your disease or condition, or to screen for different illnesses, such as breast cancer, colon cancer, or heart disease.

Interventional Radiology is an alternative to traditional surgery with many advantages such as smaller incisions with minimal harm to surrounding tissues, less pain, and quicker recovery times.

Interventional radiologists usually make a small incision in the abdomen and use needles and catheters to treat the body’s condition. Medical images are used to guide catheters through blood vessels, arteries, and organs.

The purpose of interventional radiology is to observe, diagnose, treat, or improve disease utilizing some of the minimally invasive techniques that are used under X-beam radiography, ultrasound, figured tomography (CT), remarkable emission depiction, and demonstrative sound wave imaging (MRI).