Abdominal Imaging
Equipment
- Over 18,000 examination performed annually
- Equipment includes Philips HDI 3000/5000 and IU22, emergency room Philips Envisior
- PACS workstations. Each US examination room and every ED patient room is connected to our network.
Research Interests
- Fetal anomalies, 3D sonography, thyroid disease, prostate carcinoma, sonohysterography, ovarian torsion, radio-frequency tumor ablation.
- Frequently performed vascular examinations with color, power and duplex Doppler sonography include liver transplants, TIPS evaluation, portal hypertension, renal transplants, impotence, extremities, scrotal and adnexal masses.
Teaching Conferences
- Daily case discussions during readout
- Monthly follow-up conference
- Weekly Radiology Grand Rounds
- Monthly Journal Club
- Monthly abdominal imaging conference (US, CT, MRI)
- Monthly Greater Delaware Valley Ultrasound Society
- Monthly Pennsylvania Radiologic Society
Fellowship Rotation Goals
- Interpret high-resolution ultrasound findings in the evaluation of many different types of abdominal pathology
- Systematically use and interpret color Doppler to answer questions in all abdominal imaging cases
- Apply new techniques such as 3D ultrasound, expanded field of view, power Doppler, etc. in imaging various abdominal disorders
- Understand how to avoid mistakes in screening for various emergent conditions with ultrasound including ectopic pregnancy, pelvic inflammatory disease, scrotal torsion, acute cholecystitis, etc.
- Learn practical guidelines for performing ultrasound guided interventional procedures such as: liver mass biopsy, thyroid nodule biopsy, percutaneous nephrostomy, transrectal and transvaginal abscess drainage, etc.