About the Department of Adult and Pediatric Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology, Neuroradiology and Radiation Therapy at University Hospital Bonn
The Department of Adult and Pediatric Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology, Neuroradiology and Radiation Therapy at the University Hospital Bonn offers the full range of services in these medical fields. The competent doctors of the department work with the state-of-the-art systems for CT, MRI, x-ray, ultrasound, angiography, fluoroscopy and other imaging studies in adults and children. In addition, the department specializes in all modern types of radiation therapy and interventional procedures for the treatment of vascular and oncological diseases. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Daniel Thomas.
The service range of the department includes:
Diagnostic radiology
- Conventional X-ray examinations
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound examinations
- Fluoroscopy
- X-ray examinations of the breast and abdominal organs
- Tomographic radiographic studies of the musculoskeletal system
- Computed tomography (CT)
- Cardiac CT
- Coronary CT angiography with the determination of calcium levels
- Virtual CT colonoscopy
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Ultrasound examinations (for examining abdominal organs, neck (including thyroid), breast, heart and blood vessels)
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound examinations
- Combined ultrasound with CT and MRI
- Angiography (imaging of veins and arteries)
- Other diagnostic examinations
Pediatric radiology (specially adapted studies with minimal radiation)
- Ultrasound examinations
- X-ray examinations
- Fluoroscopy
- Magnetic resonance imaging
Interventional radiology
- Angiographic interventions
- Aortic aneurysm correction
- Embolization of vessels of various localizations (procedure for closing the lumen of the vessels)
- Uterine artery embolization for the treatment of uterine myomas
- Intrahepatic portosystemic shunting
- Therapy of vascular occlusions and stenosis (for example, in stroke, obliterating atherosclerosis of the peripheral arteries)
- Cava filter placement
- Miniport implantation
- Prostate artery embolization for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Selective internal radiation therapy for the treatment of liver tumors and metastases
- Transarterial chemoembolization for the treatment of liver tumors and metastases
- Lymphography
- Interventions on the lymphatic vessels (for example, in lymphatic fistulas, lymphocele)
- CT-guided interventional procedures
- Drainage installation (elimination of fluid accumulation)
- Tissue sampling for histological examination (CT-guided biopsy, puncture)
- Targeted injections of drugs
- MRI-guided interventional procedures
- Tissue sampling for histological examination (MRI-guided biopsy, puncture)
- Preoperative tumor marking
- MRI-guided prostate tissue sampling for histological examination
- Other interventional procedures
- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage
- Implantation of nutrient probes in the stomach
- Lacrimal duct reconstruction (dacryocystoplasty)
- CT-guided radiofrequency ablation
- Other interventional procedures
Neuroradiology
- CT of the central and peripheral nervous system
- MRI of the central and peripheral nervous system
- Neuroradiological interventions
- Coiling for aneurysm treatment
- Installation of intracranial stents
- Stenting of the brachiocephalic arteries (carotid, vertebral, subclavian artery)
- Stenting in venous stenosis
- Embolization in arteriovenous malformations and dural fistulas
- Mechanical recanalization and intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy for intracranial vascular occlusions
- Preoperative embolization of vascularized tumors in the head, neck and spine
- Wada test
- Vascular lumen closure (embolization)
- Periradicular and pain therapy for back pain
- Ultrasound examinations
- Myelography
- Other services
Radiation therapy
- Classical radiation therapy with the use of linear accelerators
- Tomotherapy (available only in several medical institutions in Germany). It is most commonly used to treat tumors of the prostate, ear, nose, and throat, some lung tumors, brain and spinal cord tumors
- Other services
Photo of the doctor: (c) Universitätsklinikum Bonn