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Profile of Nagoya University Hospital 2012

Part2 Information on Departments, Facilities, etc.

Central Block of Radiology
Director NAGANAWA, Shinji (Professor)
Safe and advanced diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy
Using the latest medical devices and team medicine, we perform safe and advanced diagnostic imaging tests and radiation therapy.

Medical Care System

The department consists of one director (professor), one vice director (associate professor), one assistant professor, two clinical assistant professors, six doctors, 57 radiation technologists, 20 nurses, and four administrative staff. Radiologists join this team and cooperate with doctors and nurses in each clinical department.

Scope of Medical Services

Diagnostic imaging tests such as general X-ray photographs, angiograms, GI series, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine studies such as scintigraphy, SPECT, and PET and radiation treatment such as linear accelelator, and encapsulated sealed radioactive source.

Features

The latest medical devices such as three-Tesla MRI and SPECT/CT are introduced in clinical divisions including image diagnosis, nuclear medicine, and radiation treatment.

Clinical Results

General X-ray photographs (simple) 119,442 cases, general X-ray photographs (contrast radiography) 6,226 cases, angiogram 2,417 cases, CT 42,097 cases, MRI 18,299 cases, radioisotope examination 5,599 cases, mammary gland and thyroid ultrasound 3,985 cases, bone mineral measurement 1,049 cases, radiation treatment 16,545 (in fiscal year 2011)

Advanced Medicine and Research

The department is working on the development of advanced medicine such as clinical imaging using high field MRI, high precision radiation treatment, novel nuclear medicine diagnostic method, as well as our presenting research results at domestic and international academic conferences or in papers.

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