Annual Report 2010 - St. James's Hospital

Clinical Service Directorates I DiagIm Directorate
DiagIm Directorate
Introduction
The DiagIm Directorate provides a diagnostic imaging
service to the patients and clinicians of St. James’s Hospital.
A service is also provided to GP’s in the catchment area as
well as tertiary care to hospitals outside the catchment area.
Dr. Mary Keogan
Clinical Director
Ms. Suzanne Dennan
Radiographic Services Manager
Ms. Paula Corby
Business Manager
Developments in 2010
Nuclear Medicine
This year saw a signifi cant advance in the Nuclear Medicine
department with the successful installation of a new SPECT/
CT scanner. This scanner, a Philip’s CXT, combines a dual
head gamma camera, which can perform 3D nuclear imaging
with a CT scanner, which gives precise anatomical localization.
This combined scanner brings the diagnostic capabilities
already present in PET/CT to all other areas of diagnostic
nuclear medicine and make St. James’s hospital the best
equipped public nuclear medicine department in the country.
Interventional Radiology
2010 was yet another busy year for the Interventional
Radiology Service. There was an expansion in service
at all levels particularly in support of the Oncology,
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Gynaecology, Stroke and
General Surgical services. There has also been an increase in
the complexity of the cases performed due to the increasingly
complex surgeries and treatments being performed by the
referring services and also due to technological advances
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