Taking its genesis in 1987 under the leadership of Prof. K.Sasidharan, the Imageology Division is now one of the prestigious Diagnostic Radiology departments in the Govt. Medical College campus, Thiruvananthapuram.
The division caters to the needs of cancer patients across the state, neighbouring states such as Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and even from countries such as the Maldives. Besides being inclined towards oncological diagnosis, the department also takes care of the imaging needs of any patient in the campus.
The RCC has made much progress in the area of radiological imaging techniques using ultrasound, CT and MRI scanners, mammograms. Picture Archiving and Communication System are also available. We work in tandem with a full fledged Nuclear Medicine Department and Pathology Division.
Digital Radiography System (DR)
Computerised Radiography System (CR)
Plain X-rays – Routine and Special views
Special Investigations
Barium Swallow, Barium Meal
Barium Enema
Portable X-rays IVU
Ultrasound – all routine studies.
Doppler study.
Mammography
Conventional and Full field Digital
Routine Mammography, Screening Mammography
Stereotactic Biopsy, Prone table biopsy, Wire localization
16 Slice MDCT of all organ systems including CT Angiography
Interventional procedures, III D reconstruction,
Case done also under anaesthesia if required.
MRI of brain, spine, pelvis and abdomen including MR Angiography, MR Venography, Breast, Prostate (Cases done under Anaesthesia if necessary).
PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System)
PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) is a combination of hardware and software dedicated to the short and long term storage, retrieval, management, distribution and presentation of images. Electronic images and reports are transmitted digitally via PACS. The main purpose is to replace hard film copiers with digital images that can be used and seen by several different medical professionals and different medical automation systems simultaneously and irrespective of distance.
Clients connect to the server through a Local Area Network (LAN), or a Wide Area Network (WAN) web based interfaces can also be connected eg. Virtual Private Network VPN or Secure Website (HTTPS).
