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Radiology

What is Radiology?

Radiology is a medical specialty that uses imaging to diagnose and treat diseases seen within the body. Radiologists use a variety of imaging techniques such as X-ray, Ultrasound, Computed Tomography (CT), nuclear medicine and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to diagnose and/or treat diseases.

The radiology department may also be called the X-ray or Imaging Department. It is the facility in the hospital where radiological examinations of patients are carried out.

What is a Radiologist?

A Radiologist is a specially trained doctor who interprets diagnostic imaging to guide the management of disease. If you have an interventional procedure (such as an angiogram or biopsy) a specially trained radiologist called an interventional radiologist will perform the procedure. Radiologists provide a written report which is then sent to your doctor.

What is a Radiographer?

A diagnostic radiographer is a person who has been trained to take your X-ray or perform your MRI or CT scan. If trained to perform an Ultrasound a radiographer is known as a sonographer. Radiographers also support a radiologist in performing interventional procedures.

Diagnostic radiographers employ a range of techniques to produce high quality images to diagnose disease. Some radiographers are also trained to provide reports on imaging.

The identification and monitoring of diseases, skeletal and soft tissue abnormalities and trauma are the major focus of diagnostic radiography.

Radiographers use a range of techniques including:

Techniques that do not use ionising radiation are:

Using the department

More information about diagnostic procedures can be found on the NHS website

About the Department

If you require imaging then you will be referred to us by a clinician, Radiology requests have similar status to Prescriptions. We send the results back direct to the clinician that requested the imaging. We are unable to give out results over the telephone to anyone.

In the event of a query, please contact the person that is / has requested imaging. If your query is regarding an appointment, then please contact us directly on the telephone number sent on the appointment letter.

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