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Services

Inpatient 
Emergency
Cross Sectional Interventional Service (CSIR)
Outpatient
3D

Inpatient CT Services
Inpatient CT Scanner with Randall Czajkowski

Multidetector CT scanner sited in the hospital ward

At Brigham and Women's Hospital we are committed to compassionate and efficient care for our inpatients. We have a dedicated multidetector CT scanner for inpatients that is strategically located on the ward next to our intensive care units. This novel inpatient CT service was the first of its kind in the U.S., and performs inpatient CT scans 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 

 

 

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Emergency CT Services
Director, Emergency Radiology Division, Stephan Ledbetter, MD

Director, Emergency Radiology Division,
Stephan Ledbetter, MD

Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Level One trauma center, has 700 beds and a robust radiology service. A state-of-the-art CT scanner, located within the Emergency Department, is an invaluable component to a rapid diagnosis. This multidetector scanner can scan a patient from head to toe in seconds. Emergency Radiology CT services are provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 

 

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Cross Sectional Interventional Service (CSIR)
The Cross Sectional Interventional Service (CSIR) at Brigham and Women's Hospital consists of a team of physicians, nurses and technologists who are expert at performing CT-guided procedures. These procedures provide diagnoses and therapies that are less invasive than surgery. CSIR interventional radiologists are also trained in ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). They choose the modality that is most appropriate for each patient. Procedures performed by this service include tissue and tumor biopsy, needle aspiration of fluid collections, catheter drainage of fluid collections, cyst puncture and analysis, and ablation therapies (including cyst sclerosis and tumor ablation). Whatever the specific intent, all CSIR procedures involve manipulating tissues with the guidance of simultaneous imaging.
 

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Dr. Kemal Tuncali, performing a CT-guided percutaneous tumor ablation

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Dr. Servet Tatli, performing a CT-guided percutaneous tumor ablation

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Outpatient CT Services
Outpatient CT services are provided at various hospital locations, and sites located off-site, on one of several multidetector CT scanners.
Locations include:
 

Outpatient CT Scanner with Carl Krinopol, BS, RT
Multidetector CT scanner that uniquely contains two x-ray sources; this scanner can be used to better discriminate one tissue type from another. This scanner is also designed to help image the heart and blood vessels


  • Main CT Department
    BWH floor L1
    Hours of operation: 7am - 7pm

  • BWH Main Pike Imaging Center
    BWH floor 2 Main Pike Exit
    Hours of operation: 7am - 3:30pm

  • Ambulatory Care Radiology at Chestnut Hill 
    Located at 850 Boylston Street
    Hours of operation: 8am - 6pm

 

 

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3D CT Services

image of 3D CT Service room
3D images are created for clinical CT scans with the help of a 3D technologist in a 3D laboratory supervised by a radiologist

Three-dimensional and Image Processing Center (3DIPC)  creates clinical 3D images from two-dimensional sectional CT and MRI images. Physician, surgeons and other caregivers find that 3D images help in applications such as visualizing the vasculature surrounding a tumor or understanding the path of a tortuous vessel. Other image processing services include the capability to measure the lengths and dimensions of an artery, quantify bone mineral density, or map cerebral blood flow in a patient recovering from an acute stroke, among other services.

 

 

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