ULTRASOUND
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| Each of the procedure rooms has a sign on the door identifying what it is used for. This is the entrance to the ultrasound area. | With an ultrasound, "soundwaves are bounced back from inside
parts of the body to produce black and white images. These soundwaves are read through a
handheld transducer." The sonographer will move the transducer over
the skin of the area to be examined and study the images on the monitor. |
MAMMOGRAPHY
 Many women are already familiar with breast screening for cancer. Calvary Hospital and doctors at the Calvary Clinic have a close involvement with screening and management of Canberra women with breast cancer. This is a link to more detailed information about the mammography procedure. |
 The object with a purple label is a casette containing the film taken during the procedure and is transferred to another area of the facility for developing. |
NUCLEAR
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This is the entrance to the nuclear medicine area of the Calvary facility. It is diagonally opposite the main entrance to Canberra Imaging, on your right as you head towards the small cafe. |
| In the nuclear imaging process the patient is given an isotope injection which shows up on the film. In this photo the patient is lying on a bed while the technician studies a monitor. This procedure is often used for bone scans. |
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Diagnostic Imaging.
The CT scan process.
General X-Ray.
Ultrasound, Mammography, Nuclear.
