Oncological Imaging

For diagnostic radiology, the facility includes:

• Fluoroscopic Units: one special procedures unit, two simulators, and a conventional tomographic unit;
• three mammography units including one digital biopsy (plus six more including four mobile units in the provincial screening program);
• Mobile Units: two radiographic units, one fluoroscopic unit, and four mammo units in the screening program
• Dental: two intra-oral
• Stereotactic Biopsy: one prone mammo table digital image receptor
• Specimen Biopsy: one Faxitron with digital image receptor
• Digital equipment: three units including one CR and two CCD plus film digitization capability
• CT: three units including one CT-sim and one PET-CT , CT -Fluoro: one unit
• 1.5T MRI system
• Ultrasound: 4 units, including one for prostate implant program
• A fully functional PACS system with PACS administrators

For nuclear medicine, the facility includes:

• eight Isotrak DoseGUARD Plus personal dosimeters
• one Capintec ISO Uptake Probe with EG&G ORTEC Maestro Workstation and Software
• Capintec High Energy Dose Calibrators in Hot Labs
• one Capintec High Energy Dose Calibrator in a Commecer HotCell
• two Philips Axis Dual Headed Gamma Cameras with Odyssey LX Workstations –
• one Philips Argus Single Head Gamma Camera with Argus Workstation
• one Philips CT-Pet Plus PET camera with PETView Workstation
• one Philips Allegro PET camera with PETView Workstation
• one Philips Gemini PET/CT Hybrid Camera with PETView Workstation
• one Concorde micro-PET small animal PET camera

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