ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
Overview
The Radiology Department provides diagnostic imaging and image-guided procedures. Radiologists and technologists work together to support clinical diagnosis and patient management.
The department was commissioned in 1985 and provides postgraduate training in diagnostic imaging.
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Imaging facilities
- Digital X-ray
- Ultrasound and Doppler
- CT scanning
- MRI
- Mammography
- Fluoroscopy and contrast studies
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Image-guided procedures
- Ultrasound-guided drainage
- Catheter placement
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Training programmes
The department offers four-year FCPS and MD programmes and a two-year FSc programme in Medical Imaging Technology. Training combines departmental teaching, clinical review and multidisciplinary meetings.
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Academic activities
- Departmental academic sessions and consultant meetings
- Multidisciplinary meetings with Medicine, Surgery, Pulmonology, Neurology, Pediatrics and MCH
- Grand rounds and TOACS practice
- Workshops in ultrasound-guided biopsy, elastography, musculoskeletal ultrasound and breast imaging
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Research
Residents participate in clinical audits and research under CPSP and university protocols. Research areas include diagnostic accuracy in CT, MRI and ultrasound, cancer imaging, trauma, abdominal disorders and neurological conditions.