Radiology (medical imaging)

• Important information
• Conventional examinations
• Scans
• Contrast scans
• Breast tests

Important information

Notify the medical team if you:

• are claustrophobic
• are allergic to contrast medium
• have kidney problems
• are breastfeeding
• have asthma, heart disease, thyroid disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension or surgical history

The NMR device contains a powerful magnet. Notify the medical team if you are wearing any of the following items:

• cardiac support devices (pacemaker or cardiac stimulator)
• cardiac defibrillator
• neurostimulator
• ventricular bypass
• implantable electronic pump for automated injection
• inner ear prosthesis
• bleeding clips, blood vessel dilatations, stents and vascular filters
• prostheses and heart valves

Patients who have metal residues in their bodies (bullets, hunting bullets, iron splinters, etc.) should also report this.

If pregnancy is suspected, please mention this when registering and especially to the nurse. As a precaution, radiation exposure will be kept to a minimum, the examination will be postponed or replacement examinations will be proposed.

Conventional examinations

Radiography of lungs and skeleton

What does the examination imply?

By means of X-rays one can obtain a projection image of the human being. The body absorbs part of the X-rays and the other part is transmitted. The latter part is captured on a photographic plate. This creates an image.

The duration of the examination depends on the part of the body to be photographed. You do not need to be fasting for this examination.

Appointment

It is not necessary to make an appointment for this examination.

Assessment process

You undress the body part to be photographed (including jewellery and bra). Afterwards, some recordings are made.

The nurse will ask you to stand still or to take a deep breath and hold it.

After the examination

You can resume your work immediately after the examination.

Result

The specialist at the hospital will receive the result. You can go back to him/her after the examination.

If the doctor or a specialist outside the Jan Yperman Hospital has requested the examination, you will receive a letter with a personal pin code and instructions. The images can then be consulted online via PacsOnWeb.

Scans

The following examinations can be performed at Jan Yperman Hospital:

• CT scan
• CT coronary arteries
• Virtual Coloscopy
• NMR scan
• Cone Beam

Appointment

These examinations can only be carried out if you have a request form from your GP or the specialist.

Please make an appointment by telephone.

Contrast scans

For these examinations, it is important to inform the doctor and nurses if you have previously had an allergic reaction to contrast dye.

• Radiography of the oesophagus, stomach and intestines
• Radiography of the uterus
• Radiography of the bladder

Appointment

These examinations can only be carried out if you have a request form from your GP or the specialist.

Please make an appointment by telephone.

Breast tests

• Mammography
• Screening mammography
• Chest ultrasound
• Chest NMR
• Biopsy - puncture of the breast

Appointment

These examinations can only be carried out if you have a request form from your GP or the specialist.

Please make an appointment by telephone.