Descriptions of Radiologic Examinations

The following list of links provides a quick reference to radiologic examinations performed in the Department of Radiology at Lahey Clinic.

Some of the links will be made available using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Please click here if you don't already have this plug-in.

Breast Imaging:

• Breast MRI
• Breast Ultrasound
• Imaging-guided Breast Biopsies
• Mammography

CT Scan:

• CT Abdomen and Pelvis
• CT-guided Biopsies and Drainages
• CT Chest
• CT Extremities
• CT Head
• CT Myelogram
• CT Neck
• CT Screening
• CT Spine
• CT-guided Thermal Ablation of Tumors
• Cardiac Calcium Screening
• PET/CT Scan
• Virtual Colonoscopy

Gastrointestinal:

• Air Contrast Barium Enema (ACBE)
• Barium Enema (BE)
• Barium Swallow (BaSw)
• Defogram
• Enteroclysis
• Esophagus, Stomach and Duodenum (ESD)
• Small Bowel Series (SBS)
• Upper Gastrointestinal Series (UGI)
• Water Soluble Enema (WSE)

Genitourinary:

• Cystogram/Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG)
• Hysterosalpingogram
• Intravenous Pyelogram (IVP)
• Retrograde Urethrogram (RUG)

Interventional Radiology:

• Angiogram
• Imaging-guided Biopsies and Drainages
• Imaging-guided Breast Biopsies
• MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS)
• Thermal Ablation of Tumors
• Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting
• Uterine Artery Embolization

MRI:

• General MRI Examination
• Common Types of MRI
  • Cardiac
  • Body
  • Breast
  • Prostate and Endocavitary Exams
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Spine
  • MRI of the Brain
  • MR Angiography (Blood Vessels)
  • MR Venography
• MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS)
• Thermal Ablation of Tumors

Neuroradiology - Diagnostic and Interventional:

• Carotid Artery Stenting
• Cerebral Angiography
• CT of the Head (Brain, Orbits, Temporal Bones, Sinuses)
• CT of the Neck
• CT of the Spine
• Embolization
• General MRI Examination
• MR Angiography (MRA)
• MRI of the Brain, Head and Neck
• MRI of the Spine
• Myelogram
• Vertebroplasty

Nuclear Medicine:

• Bone Scan
• Brain Perfusion Scan
• Breast Scintigraphy Scan
• Cardiac Perfusion Scan
• Cisternography Scan
• Gallium Scan
• Gastric Emptying/Motility Scan
• GI Bleeding Scan
• Hepatobiliary (Liver/Gallbladder/Bile Duct) Scan
• Indium (White Blood Cell) Scan
• Lung Ventilation/Perfusion Scan
• Octreotide Scan
• Parathyroid Scan
• PET/CT Scan
• Prostascint (Prostate Tissue) Scan
• Renal Perfusion Scan
• Thyroid Scan

Orthopaedics:

• Arthrogram
• Bone Densitometry

Ultrasound:

• Abdomen
• Breast
• Musculoskeletal
• Pelvic
• Prostate
• Rectal
• Screening
• Scrotal/Testicular
• Thermal Ablation of Tumors
• Thyroid
• Vascular