Seeing a Radiologist may be necessary at any stage in life. Adult radiology services at MetroSouth Medical Center specializes in looking into the adult body for a better view of potential issues. Here, images of your bones or tissues are produced through a variety of different techniques, including x-rays and ultrasounds.
The bottom line: when doctors get to see the bigger picture, you get faster and more informed diagnoses.
MetroSouth Medical Center offers both diagnostic and interventional radiology services.
Bone densitometry, also called DEXA, uses a very small dose of ionizing radiation to produce pictures of the inside of the body (usually the lower (or lumbar) spine and hips) to measure bone loss. It ...
For patients, having a digital mammogram is very much like having a conventional screen-film mammogram. Both film-based and digital mammography use compression and x-rays to create clear images of the...
MetroSouth Medical Center uses nuclear medicine studies to document organ function, in contrast to conventional radiology, which creates images based upon anatomy. Many of the nuclear studies measure...
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Ultrasound, also called sonography, is an exam that uses sound waves to obtain images of the inside of the body. These high-frequency sound waves are far above the range of human hearing. Sound waves ...
What is Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy? Lumps or abnormalities in the breast are often detected by physical examination, mammography, or other imaging studies. However, it is not always possible to t...
What is Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE)? UFE is a minimally invasive treatment for fibroid tumors of the uterus. Fibroid tumors are benign tumors that arise from the muscular wall of the uterus and...
Diagnostic radiology services include:
- Bone Density Studies
- Computed Tomography Scan with 64 slice capability (CT)
- Digital Mammography
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Nuclear Medicine
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET-CT)
- Pulmonary Function Testing
- Ultrasound Studies
Interventional radiology services include:
- Angioplasty
- Arteriograms
- Atherectomy
- Arthrograms
- AV shunt evaluations and maintenance
- Ballooning
- Biliary tubes/intervention
- Biopsy
- Carotid angiograms
- Cryoablation
- De-clots of AV shunts
- Embolization
- Filter insertions and Retrieval
- Gall bladder tubes (drainage)
- GI Tube placements
- Hysterosalpingograms
- Hysterosonograms
- Infusion Therapy
- Kyphoplasty
- Myelograms
- Nephrostomy tubes
- Peripheral work
- Port insertions
- Radio frequency ablations (RFA)
- Recannualization of fallopian tubes
- Stents
- Thoracentesis
- Thrombectomy
- Tunnel catheters for dialysis
- Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE)
- Visceral angiograms
For more information, please call: (708) 597-2000