{"id":35938,"date":"2018-03-21T13:16:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T17:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?page_id=35938"},"modified":"2022-09-29T10:07:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T14:07:52","slug":"medical-imaging-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/departments\/medical-imaging\/medical-imaging-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Imaging Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Department of Medical Imaging provides the following services at The Ottawa Hospital.<\/p>\n

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\"Mamography<\/div>\n
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Breast Imaging<\/a><\/h5>\n
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A Mammogram is a simple way for doctors to look for early signs of breast cancer and other health concerns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Three<\/div>\n
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Computerized Tomography<\/a><\/h5>\n
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A CT scan, also known as a CAT scan, uses many x-ray images from different angles and computer to produce cross sectional images.\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"A<\/div>\n
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DMI Nursing<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Nursing provides care to patients before, during, and after many tests\/procedures within the Department of Medical Imaging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Two<\/div>\n
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General X-Ray<\/a><\/h5>\n
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X-ray or radiography is the oldest and most frequently used form of medical imaging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"X-Ray<\/div>\n
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Interventional Radiology<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Interventional Radiology (IR) is a medical specialty that performs minimally invasive treatments using x ray imaging for procedure guidance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan (MRI) is a test that uses magnetics, radio waves, and a computer to produce images of the body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nuclear Medicine<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses radioactive product called a tracer to check how well organs and tissues function within the body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ultrasound<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Diagnostic Ultrasound is a imaging procedure using high frequency sound waves rather than x-rays to create pictures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Department of Medical Imaging provides the following services at The Ottawa Hospital. \u00a0 Breast Imaging A Mammogram is a simple way for doctors to look for early signs of breast cancer and other health concerns. Computerized Tomography A CT scan, also known as a CAT scan, uses many x-ray images from different angles and computer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":10775,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35938","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"Computerized Tomography (CT)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35938\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}