MRI

What does "MRI" stand for and how does it work?

MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. MRI uses the principle of magnetic resonance... read more

Ultra-Fast MRI

What is Ultra-Fast MRI?

The current generation of MRI scanners allow scanning at a very fast speeds of upto 100 milliseconds... read more

3T-fMRI

What does fMRI stand for and how does it work?

fMRI stands for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)...read more

HIFU

What are fibroids?

Fibroids (Leiomyomas) are the most common benign tumours of the uterus... read more

X-rays

What are X-rays?

X-rays are electro-magnetic radiation, which are produced by special machines called X-ray machines... read more

Digital X-ray

What are Digital X-rays?

All images obtained using digital systems are called digital X-rays. The commonest digital method used is the CR system that produces digital X-rays on a computer. See the accompanying picture for an idea of how this works... read more

Full Length X-ray

What are Full Length Digital X-rays?

Full-length radiographs are important radiographs in orthopedics, where x-rays of the whole spine... read more

Barium Studies

What are barium studies?

It is one of the new procedures of assessment of brain activity the procedure of measuring small metabolic changes taking place in the various active parts of the brain... read more

Other Radiology Procedures

IVU (intravenous urography)

In this, a dye is injected intravenously and X-ray pictures of the kidneys, ureters and bladder are obtained... read more

OPG

What is OPG?

OPG stands for Orthopantomography. It is a special method for obtaining radiographs of the teeth-bearing jaws, both upper and lower... read more

Dual X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA)

It is a contrast enhanced CT technique which is used to view calcium and fat deposit in the inner lining of the coronary arteries... read more

Mammography

What is mammography?

Mammography means imaging of the breast with the help of X-rays... read more

Ultrasound

What is Ultrasound?

Ultrasound is a technique, which uses sound waves of high frequency to produce images... read more

Color Doppler

What is Color Doppler?

Color Doppler is a special ultrasound technique, which allows us to evaluate blood vessels... read more

4D Ultrasound

Using ultrasound and real-time 3D, 4D images can be obtained of different parts of the body, especially the fetus... read more

CT Scan

How does CT work?

CT uses X-rays to perform its work. These X-rays come from an X-ray tube which is placed inside a square machine called the gantry. The part of your body to be scanned goes inside a hole in this gantry... read more

Ultra-Fast CT

Why is it called Ultra-Fast CT?

A regular CT has a tube rotation speed of 1 or .75 seconds. This CT has a tube rotation speed of 330ms, i.e... read more

Cardiac CT

How does cardiac CT work?

With such a fast scanner, it is possible to "freeze" the heart. The new 64-slice scanner obtains... read more

3D CT

Three-dimensional CT

Using CT and special software, 3DCTs of different parts of the body can be obtained... read more

Biopsy, Drainage Procedures

Procedures for performing guided biopsies and drainages in different parts of the body... read more

Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA)

RFA of liver, lung and bone tumors... read more

Pain Management Procedure

Procedures to alleviate pain - e.g. nerve blocks, intra-articular injections, etc... read more

PET/CT

What is PET?

PET (Positron Emission Tomography) is a state-of-the-art nuclear medicine technique for evaluating biochemical and physiological processes in the body. In the early stages of most diseases, such functional processes are altered first... read more