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Services and ProceduresIt is important to understand your procedure prior to your appointment. This
section will provide you with information on each procedure, as well as what to
expect before, during and after it has occurred.
What should I bring on the day?
- All previous radiology exams
- Medicare card
- DVA card
- Pension card
Your examination resultsThe radiologist’s report and your images
are promptly forwarded to your doctor.
You must tell us if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, as this may affect your
examination.
For more specific information on individual procedures:X-rays All body parts including
Intravenous Pyelography and gastrointestinal contrast studies.
CT Scan (Computed
Tomography) Includes CT diagnostic and interventional scans of
all body parts, such as CT Head, Abdominal CT, Cardiac CT Angiography, CT
Colonoscopy.
Mammography Mammograms and Breast
Biopsy Procedures, and tumour localisation.
Ultrasound Ultrasound guided
procedures, Abdominal and Renal Ultrasound, and Diagnostic and Doppler
Ultrasound.
MRI (Magnetic
Resonance Imaging) GP and Specialist
Referrals.
Interventional
Procedures: Fluoroscopy, Angiography There are many interventional procedures such as
- Fibroid
Arterial Embolisation, angioplasty and stent insertion.
- Vascular
intervention including uterine artery embolisation, tumour embolisation,
- Intracranial procedures including endovascular coiling of aneurysms
- Radiofrequency ablation and Venous ablation.
- Liver and bile duct
interventions.
- Diagnostic X-ray such as Barium Enema (BE) Lower GI Study.
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