The function of the department is to provide the patient and referring clinician with a quality diagnostic imaging service in a safe and friendly environment. The Radiology Department provides the scanning of images of the body for the diagnosis of disease with or without the use of radiation.

Services include:

• General Radiography

• Contrast Studies
  X-ray of stomach, small intestine or colon following either oral or rectal radio-opaque solution

• Urography
  X-ray of a part of the urinary tract after injection with radio-opaque solution

• Cystography
  X-ray of bladder following instillation of radio-opaque solution by catheter

• Urodynamics
  Procedure similar to Cystoscopy (above) with additional rectal catheter – functional study with measurement of pressure gradients in bladder and rectum

• Ultrasound
  Scanning of areas of the body, using high frequency sound waves, without radiation

• Nuclear Medicine
  Scanning of specific areas of body following injection of radio-isotope material

• Computerised Tomography (CT) Imaging
  Cross sectional head and body scanning using either pulsed or continuous radiation

• Procedures such as biopsy, abscess drainage etc. performed by the radiologist

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  Images acquired of head and body using a magnet, radio signals and a computer. No X-rays involved