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Diagnostic Unit

 
The primary role of the Diagnostic Unit Department is to assist in the diagnosis of diseases using variety of imaging techniques. At MRMC's Diagnostic Unit, we provide with the following services:-
  • Computed Tomography Scan (CT Scan 64)
  • Endoscopy
  • Ultrasound Scan
  • Echo-Cardiogram
  • X-Ray
  • Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Treadmill Stress ECG
 
Computed Tomography Scan (CT Scan 64)
A painless test that combines x-rays and computers processing technology to produce cross sectional images that appear as slices containing detailed images of your internal structures and organs.
 
Endoscopy
What is Endoscopy and why it is performed?
  • Endoscopy allows physicians to peer through the body's passageways. Endoscopy is the examination and inspection of the interior of body organs, joints or cavities through an endoscope. An endoscope is a device that uses fiber optics and powerful lens systems to provide lighting and visualization of the interior of a joint. The portion of the endoscope inserted into the body may be rigid or flexible, depending upon the medical procedure.

  • An endoscope uses two fiber optic lines. A "light fiber" carries light into the body cavity and an "image fiber" carries the image of the body cavity back to the physician's viewing lens. There is also a separate port to allow for administration of drugs, suction, and irrigation. This port may also be used to introduce small folding instruments such as forceps, scissors, brushes, snares and baskets for tissue excision (removal), sampling, or other diagnostic and therapeutic work. Endoscopes may be used in conjunction with a camera or video recorder to document images of the inside of the joint or chronicle an endoscopic procedure. New endoscopes have digital capabilities for manipulating and enhancing the video images.

  • Endoscopy can be used to diagnose various conditions by close examination of internal organ and body structures. Endoscopy can also guide therapy and repair, such as the removal of torn cartilage from the bearing surfaces of a joint. Biopsy (tissue sampling for pathologic testing) may also be performed under endoscopic guidance. Local or general anesthetic may be used during endoscopy, depending upon the type of procedure being performed.
 
Ultrasound
What is Ultrasound?
  • An Ultrasound machine uses high frequency sound waves to create pictures of  a variety of body structures including the internal organs of  the abdomen and pelvis, the arteries and veins, and the pregnant uterus and its gestation.
  • Ultrasound is not usually used to assess bones or the intestines. Unlike x-rays and CT scans, ultrasound does not use radiation and therefore may be used safely during pregnancy.

Example of image produce by ultrasound scan

 
Echocardiogram
What is Echocardiogram?
  • An echocardiogram is a test in which ultrasound is used to examine the heart.
  • In addition to providing single-dimension images, known as M-mode echo that allows accurate measurement of the heart chambers, the echocardiogram also offers far more sophisticated and advanced imaging. This is known as two- dimensional (2-D) Echo and is capable of displaying a cross-sectional "slice" of the beating heart, including the chambers, valves and the major blood vessels that exit from the left and right ventricle.

Example of image produce by echocardiography

 
X-Ray
What is X-Ray?
  • X-rays are a form of radiation, like light or radio waves, that can be focused into a beam, much like a flashlight beam. Unlike a beam of light, however, X-rays can pass through most objects, including the human body.
  • When X-rays strike a piece of photographic film, they can produce a picture. Dense tissues in the body, such as bones, block (absorb) many of the X-rays and appear white on an X-ray picture. Less dense tissues, such as muscles and organs, block fewer of the X-rays (more of the X-rays pass through) and appear in shades of gray. X-rays that pass only through air appear black on an X-ray picture.

Example of images produce by X-Ray

 
Electrocardiogram (ECG)
What is Electrocardiogram (ECG)?
  • The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a noninvasive test that is used to reflect underlying heart conditions by measuring the electrical activity of the heart.
  • By positioning leads (electrical sensing devices) on the body in standardized locations, information about many heart conditions can be learned by looking for characteristic patterns.

Example of the electrocardiogram reading

 
Treadmill Stress ECG?
What is Treadmill Stress ECG?
  • It is a screening tool to test the effect of exercise on your heart. As the body works harder during the test, it requires more oxygen to meet the increased metabolic demands of exercise.
  • A patient will walk or pedal on an exercise machine and the electrocardiogram (ECG) is monitored continuously during the test to watch for any changes that suggest ischemia-- an insufficient delivery of oxygen to the working heart muscle.
  • Exercise stress testing is tremendously informative in screening for coronary artery disease as well as periodically following known heart disease.

This is a sample how the stress ECG carry out