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Resources and Facilities: Radiology Department
Overview
At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, we offer a complete array of radiologic tests. The Department of Radiology is committed to implementing cutting edge technologies for better patient care. The Radiology Department performs over 400,000 radiologic examinations each year. The department provides radiography, CT, ultrasound, MRI, nuclear medicine, angiography, and interventional radiology services to both the medical center as well as our affiliated health care facilities. A radiology research and animal laboratory is housed adjacent to the Radiology Department. There are over 65 full-time clinical diagnostic radiologists, 20 additional research faculty members, plus 30 clinical and post-doctoral research fellows. All residents, fellows, and faculty have appointments at Harvard Medical School.
Imaging Facilities
Additional Research Centers and Laboratories
- Frangioni Laboratory for Molecular Imaging
Our mission is to solve important clinical problems by applying first principles from chemistry and engineering. The major focus of the laboratory is on the development of imaging technology and contrast agents to see cancer at its smallest possible manifestation. Contact: Frangioni lab
- Laboratory for Functional Imaging of Cartilage
- In Vivo Optical Imaging Laboratory
The In Vivo Optical Imaging Laboratory has made several significant advances both at the micro- and macroscopic levels.
- the whole-animal optical imaging system is now fully functional and has the ability to image live animals throughout the entire spectrum from visible to the near-infrared light.
- the optical microscopy laboratory has continued to explore individual molecular events during formation of liver metastases from human colon cancer, and has documented the sequence of events leading to onset of angiogenesis in these liver tumors. A new and very exciting focus has been the use of conventional ultrasound to enhance delivery of drugs into liver metastases.
Contact: e-mail Dr Matt Palmer
- Small Animal Imaging Core
The goal of the Small Animal Imaging Core (Longwood Small Animal Imaging Facility) is to provide state-of-the-art small animal imaging services to researchers in the Longwood Medical Area of Harvard Medical School. These services include multi-modality imaging, advanced data analysis, image fusion resources, and a satellite animal facility for longitudinal studies. A detailed description of our instruments and services are provided at LongwoodSAIF.org, and we welcome questions and comments.
