Facilities
The Department of Radiology's equipment is housed in a 43,000-square-foot facility.
Equipment is top-notch, and includes:
- Full-departmental PACS network featuring filmless and paperless image interpretation
- Three high-field MRI units
- Five helical CT scanners (four are multi-detector and one is dedicated for interventional procedures)
- PET/CT prototype LSO-crystal, 16-slice scanner; (PET: Positron Emission Tomography)
- An 11 MeV cyclotron
- Comprehensive Breast Center
- Five ultrasound units
- Outpatient Center with CT, PET/CT, ultrasound, and digital radiography
- Digital and Computed Radiography
Employment
The department employs approximately 150 technical and support personnel.
Patient Base
Approximately 220,000 exams are performed each year with a regional population base approaching 1.5 million. UT Medical Center is a regional tertiary referral center with busy trauma, surgical, oncologic, medical, pediatric and obstetrical services.
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