About the Department

This department is a highly specialized, round the clock, full-service department that strives to meet all patient and clinician needs in diagnostic imaging and image-guided therapies. Within a short time of its inception, the department has earned a reputation as being a center of excellence in providing imaging and minimally invasive therapeutic services. It caters, not only to patients from within the hospital, but also to the patients from other medical centers across the state.

Services Provided:

Our neuroradiology division is one of the best in the country. Apart from all the routine studies we perform MR spectroscopy, tractography, functional imaging, diffusion & perfusion imaging etc.

Musculoskeletal imaging at KIMS has evolved into a major subspeciality. Ours is one of the very few centers where MR arthrogram is performed apart from routine CT & MR studies.

Our Breast Imaging division is enriched with the digital mammography equipment. Sonomammography, Ultrasound guided and sterotactic core biopsies are performed.

Interventional neurovascular, peripheral vascular and non vascular procedures are performed on advanced cath lab with 3D rotational angio facility. All complex neurovascular procedures are performed.

Ours is one of the very few centers in the country where varicose veins of lower limbs are successfully treated with endovenous laser ablation and sclerosant foam injection. This is an OP procedure done under local anesthesia.

Education is a key activity of the department of Radiology. The department is offering residency training programme in radiology for DNB residents.

Extensive research work is going on in the department with many publications in indexed peer reviewed international journals. The department is participating in many drug trials.

We are committed to maintain the highest standards of patient care, education and research.

State of the art Infrastructure/ Facilities :

The equipment is state-of-the-art in imaging technology, with the latest digital picture archiving and information management systems. The consultants have received extensive training and gained immense experience and expertise in their specific areas of clinical service, which assures consistent, high-quality patient care while dealing with rare and complex pathologies.

1.5 T MRI:Signa Infinity MRI with Excite (Multi channel imaging technology) ensures faster speed, particularly in geriatric, pediatric and trauma patients. Routine brain, spine, body, musculoskeletal imaging, MRA, MRV, diffusion & perfusion imaging, CSF flow studies, MR spectroscopy and so on can be acquired with greater resolution and speed than any other comparable systems.

64 DETECTOR ROW MULTISLICE CT : Brilliance 64 of Philips, a 64 detector row CT scanner for ultra fast scanning of heart's blood vessels ( CT Coronary Angio) and for scanning larger areas of the body in shorter time. High quality CT perfusion, CT Angiography, virtual endoscopy, 3D reconstructions etc. can be performed.

DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY: The digital mammography unit, only the second such unit in the country produces high quality mammography images for detecting the breast cancer at its earliest stage.

ADVANCED COLOUR DOPPLER & ULTRASOUND IMAGING.

Advanced Colour Doppler and ultra sound equipment of Philips GE with Tru Scan imaging technology provied with 3D capabilities and extended field of view. Entire range of ultrasonographic examinations like abdomen, OB/GYN, small parts, vascular, urology, pediatric imaging & various ultra sound guided procedures can be performed with ease.

COMPUTED DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY: Replacing conventional radiography for reducing patient radiation dose and for giving excellent diagnostic quality images, the department has a 500ma Image Intensifier, 400ma HF and 300 ma X-Ray Unit. The department is also equipped with 60ma mobile X-ray units for emergency bedside radiography.

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY: The department has a DSA Lab (Cath Lab) with 3D Rotational angio and interactive bolus chase facilities, for the first time in this part of the country for performing diagnostic angiography, complex peripheral vascular, neurovascular and non vascular procedures.

Dr. M.V.Chalapati Rao, MD( Radiology) Chief Radiologist

Dr. D.Ravi Varma, DM(Neuroradiology) Consultant Radiologist

Dr. Jwala Srikala, MD, MRD, D NB(Radiology). Consultant Radiologist

Dr. Amber Papalkar, MD(Radiology). Consultant Radiologist

Dr. Vandana Gayathri. G, DNB(Radiology) Consultant Radiologist

Dr. Divya Singh, MD(Radio Diagnosis) Consultant Radiologist