Institute of Medical Imaging and Interventional Radiology

The Institute of Medical Imaging and Interventional Radiology is charged with using imaging processes to diagnose and treat a variety of disorders that affect the entire body. Its fields of investigation range from inflammations and injuries to diseases of the inner organs and tumors. Functional disorders of the vascular system (various illnesses of the blood and lymph vessels) can be identified and visually depicted using modern imaging procedures.

Range of services

The Institute of Medical Imaging and Interventional Radiology offers the full spectrum of diagnostic services at the very highest level: Examinations involve conventional x-ray diagnostics including fluoroscopy, mammography, CT scans, magnetic resonance tomography, and ultrasound. Only the first three of these examination procedures use x-rays and therefore involve exposure to radiation.

A large number of services are offered in terms of interventional radiology, with the main medical fields being minimally invasive pain therapy for the spine, ultrasound-guided puncture of organs, CT or MRI, the marking and puncture of suspicious breast lesions, diverse vascular interventions, and the stabilization of vertebral fractures using vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty.

There is as minimal exposure to radiation as possible in our institute thanks to the availability of the most modern, fully digital devices, which work while using far smaller doses of radiation than was previously the norm. The new examination systems can provide more conclusive diagnoses and have improved patient comfort by decreasing the time needed for examinations.

Examination techniques

• Digital x-ray/fluoroscopy
• Digital mammography
• Ultrasound
• Computerized tomography (CT)
• Magnet resonance imaging (MRI)
• DEXA bone density scanning
• Tomosynthesis
• Minimally invasive pain therapy
• Diverse array of biopsies