The Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Barnes-Jewish provides full diagnostic procedures including computed tomography, magnetic resonance and positron emission tomography, nuclear medicine, interventional radiology and radiation oncology. The Institute has pioneered many radiological milestones including work on 3-D treatment planning for cancer, and becoming the first in Missouri to combine PET and CT scanning.
Over the years, Mallinckrodt Institute has pioneered techniques and procedures that have become milestones in radiological history: from the development of the first diagnostic test for gallbladder disease to exciting new work on 3-D treatment planning for cancer. Here, you can be assured of accurate diagnostic testing by highly trained specialists sensitive to your needs.
There are three divisions within the Washington University Department of Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Radiological Sciences.
The Division of Diagnostic Radiology includes the following:
- Abdominal imaging
- Body magnetic resonance imaging
- Breast imaging
- Body computed tomography
- Chest radiology
- Emergency and trauma radiology
- Musculoskeletal radiology
- Neuroradiology
- Pediatric radiology
- Ultrasonography
- Interventional radiology
Specialist Procedures
Interventional neuroradiology is a small but growing specialty primarily dedicated to the treatment of disorders of the blood vessels of the neck and brain (cerebrovascular disease) from inside the blood vessels (also called endovascular neurosurgery). Rapid advances in technology over the past ten years are responsible for the growth of this field. The two key technical components are the computer technology providing the images used to guide catheters and other devices within the body, as well as advances in the devices themselves.
The Interventional Neuroradiology Service at Washington University School of Medicine is one of the country's largest referral centers for this procedure.
Vertebroplasty or percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is a procedure for patients immobilized by pain from vertebral fractures due to osteoporosis or metastasis. An alternative to surgery, vertebroplasty involves the injection of a cement-like substance called methyl methacrylate, into the vertebra, making the vertebra stronger.
Washington University was the first to perform this surgery in the Midwest and continues to have the largest experience with the procedure.
A total of more than 650,000 examinations, procedures, and treatments are performed annually at Mallinckrodt Institute's facilities at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital and Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital. This guarantees you a level of specialization and expertise found in few other places.
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