Professional Radiology is a group of physicians that works in conjunction with several hospitals in the Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati area to provide patients with the best diagnostic imaging services and treatments. They are constantly working to continue their education in the field of radiology to stay on top of the latest procedures. We would like to provide you with information on these imaging services.

Computed Tomography

This type of imaging is also called a CT scan or a CAT scan. It uses X-rays from different angles to provide images of the body. It can be used to scan the head, chest, pelvis and spine. CT scans can show cancer in the abdominal organs or lymph nodes, spinal damage, head injuries, tumors in the vertebrae, ovarian cysts, pneumonia, narrowing of the spinal canal, abscesses, vertebral fracture, strokes, arthritis, infections, tuberculosis, aneurysms, bone density, brain tumors, enlarged lymph nodes, emphysema, foreign objects, brain diseases, diverticulitis, lung disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and appendicitis. CT scans can also be used for guided biopsies, to detect coronary calcifications, screen for lung cancer and to perform angiographies.

A CT scan involves the patient lying on a table and the machine will scan the part of the body. The whole process should take no more than half an hour. It is completely painless and is much like having your picture taken. You have to hold still the whole time while you are lying on your back.

Diagnostic Radiology

Diagnostic radiology also uses X-ray technology called fluoroscopy. Fluoroscopies provide an X-ray video of the body and the procedure is very much like having an X-ray performed. Some of these exams include upper GI series, air contract colon, intravenous pyelogram, small bowel enteroclysis, fluoroscopic guided biopsy, arthrography, myelography, modified barium swallow, hysterosalpingogram, and venogram.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

You probably know it better as an MRI. It is very similar to a CT scan, but does not use potentially harmful X-rays. Instead MRI technology uses a large magnet and radio waves to create an image of the inside of the body. Doctors use MRIs to view the brain, spine, joints, chest, abdomen, pelvis and to perform angiography and venography. The procedure can take up to 45 minutes to complete, and involves the patient lying on a table. The table enters a tunnel in the machine, which is where the magnet is.

PET Scan

PET stands for Positron Emission Tomography. It is a technique to provide images about the body's functions. It can give the doctors information about diseases and different abnormalities. While other techniques show bones, soft tissues and blood vessels, Pet scans show how the body metabolizes. This is effective because when a person obtains a disease, it affects how their tissues metabolize. The image provided from a pet scan is not grey and black like an X-ray or MRI, but it is blue, red, green and yellow. It can also create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images.

PET scans involve nuclear medicine, which means exposure to radiations. This is in small amounts, which is considered to be safe. The amount a person receives from a single exam is the equivalent from a normal person's year's background exposure of radiation. It measures the gamma rays being put off by the different organs.

Ultrasound

Ultrasounds use soundwaves called sonography to create images of the body using the echoes, much like how bats see in the dark. They are completely safe and do not use radiation, and they provide real-time video and still images. These can be used on the neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, and breast. The most popular use of an ultrasound is during pregnancy to check on the baby. This can be used to measure how far along a woman is, how the baby is positioned in the woman's uterus, whether it is a boy or girl, and to make sure the baby is growing healthily. Ultrasounds can also be used during guided biopsies of the breast and prostate. It can help the doctor locate a tumor or mass so they can move the needle to it and take a sample. This sample will be sent to a pathologist to test for cancerous cells.

Women's Imaging

If you have felt a lump in your breast, or you are due for your yearly exam, you can make an appointment with women's imaging for a mammography. It is recommended every year for women older than 40 or for women whose family has a strong history of breast cancer. Keeping up with your health and staying on top of your mammograms is a very important part of being a woman. It is important for your health, and it is important to those around you. A mammography can detect breast masses that cannot be felt from breast self-exams and can pinpoint their locations. It can assist when attempting to perform a biopsy to determine if these masses are breast cancer.

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