Department of Radiodiagnosis SSStarted in 1994

The department has sophisticated b>state of art equipment, /b>which includes:

• 5 high output X-ray machines out of which 2 X-Ray Machines  with flouroscopy and image intensifier & TV monitor.

• 4 ultrasound machines, including portable ultrasound machine for bedside ultrasound. This has provision for intra-operative Ultrasound also. A ‘state of Art Colour Doppler Ultrasound machine helps in effectively assessing blood flow in various blood vessels of the body, non-invasively.

• 3 mobile (portable) X-ray units for bedside radiography.

• One C-arm X-ray unit for interventional procedures.

• Mammography machine for screening and diagnostic mammography.

• The department has dual slice spiral CT scanner

• There are plans to procure digitized equipment in the future, for digital radiotherapy & imaging

• The department provides round the clock services of routine Radiography, diagnostic and interventional ultrasounds, mammography and special investigations both for routine and emergency patients.
  
  Till date X-rays of more than 3.9 lakh patients have been done and diagnostic ultrasound of more than 78,000 patients have been done, in addition to Interventional procedures and special investigations.
  
  There has been a 6.5 fold increase in the number of routine X-rays and 7 fold increase in the number of diagnostic and interventional ultrasounds done since the department started functioning.
  

SERVICES 

The Department provides round the clock services for both routine and emergency patients.

The services provided are :-

1. Routine radiography for various parts of the body.

2. Diagnostic ultrasounds of different parts of the body.

3. Ultrasound guided and flouroscopy guided interventional procedures-like Aspiration and drainage of abscesses and fluid collections in different parts of the body per-cutaneous nephrostomy (PCN), per-cutaneous biliary dramage (PTBD), fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) etc.

4. Colour Doppler ultrasounds-which enable us to effectively assess the Blood flow in vessels of different parts of the body, non-invasively, e.g. Carotid vessels, limb vessels, abdominal vessels etc.

5. Special investigations-like Barium studies, ERCP, Micturating Cystourethrography, Hytero-salpingograms, Intravenous pyelograms (IVP).

6. Mammography-Both for diagnostic and screening purposes.

7. CT scanning of different parts of the body.

8. B.Sc. course in Radiodiagnosis has been started.

The department will soon be procuring a digitized equipment in the future, for digital radiography and imaging.

Hence X-Rays of more than 3.9 lakh patients have been done since 1995 till date.

More than 78,000 diagnostic ultrasounds have been done till date, in addition to interventional procedures and minor & major procedures.

There has been a steady and significant increase in the number of patients being provided Radiology services by the department of Radio-diagnosis.

Hence there has been a 6.5 fold increase in the no. of X-Rays  done, a 7 fold increase in the no. of ultrasound done and 9.5 time increase in the no. of interventions done, compared to those done in 1995-96     

RESEARCH & TRAINING

The department has been actively involved in teaching, Research work and Academic activities. Till 2003-2004, the medical faculty has attended 55 conferences (International-7, National-48), have read 28 papers at National and International conferences (International-10, National-15), published 32 papers in reputed National and International journals (International-18, National-10), chaired sessions in National and International conferences and have delivered talks on Radiology related topics at various CME’s and conferences. 2 of its faculty members have been honoured with fellowships. The department successfully organised a CME on ‘Advances in Medical Technology Radiology’ in April,1998 at Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh. It is also organizing the "11^th National Conference of Society of Indian Radiographers(SIR)", at Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh from 8^th to 10^th Jan.2005

RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLICATIONS IN LAST ONE YEAR 

1. Shailja Garg, Harsh Mohan, Amanjit Bal, AK Attri, Suman Kochhar.  A comparative Analysis of Core Needle Biopsy and Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in the Evaluqation of Palpable and Mammographically Detected Suspicious Breast Lesions. Diagnostic Cytopathology, Vol. 35, No. 11, 2007 Wiley-Liss. Inc.

2. Subina Narang, Suman Kochhar, Sonika Gupta, Hemlata Gupta, Rakesh Bansal, Sunandan Sood.  Bilateral simultaneous central retinal artery occlusion following head injury.  Int. Ophthalmol (2007)27:387-390.

3. Kapur V, Kaur R, Sachdev A.  SnapShot “Starry sky in Brain” Medical Journal of Australia 2007 Dec 3-17;187(11-12)709.

4. Arya SK, Jain Rajiv, Kochhar S, Mohan H, Sood S.  Retino blastoma – an unusual clinical presentation – a case report.   Annals of Ophthalmology, 2007 (in press).

5. Narang S, Kochhar S, Punia RK Rachna, Sood S.  Intraocular Hydatid cyst. Americal Journal of Ophthalmology (in press).

6. D’Cruz S, Kochhar Suman, Chauhan Sandeep, Gupta Varsha. Isolation of Salmonella paratyphae from renal abscess – a case report.  Indian Journal of Path. & Microbiology (in press).

7. Jeet Ram, D’Cruz S, Kochhar Suman, Singh Ram.  Pulm. Thromboembolism  in Rail Travel – a letter. Med. Journal of Australia (in press).

8. Venous thrombo-embolism associated with train traver Kashyap J.R., D'Cruz S, Chauhan S, Kochhar Suman, Medical Journal of Australia. 2008;189: No.9:535-536.

9. Corpus Callosum morphometery:Comparison of fresh brain, preserved brain and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Imaging. Gupta T, Singh B, Kapoor K, Gupta M, Kochhar Suman. Anatomical Science Internation. 2008;83:162-168.

10. Age and sex related variations in corpus callosal morphology. Gupta T, Singh B, Kapoor K, Gupta M, Kocchar Suman. Nepal Medical College Journal (NMCJ) 2008;10(4):215-221.

11. Isolation of Salmonella partyphi A from renal abscess. D'Cruz S, Kochhar Suman, Chauhan S, Gupta V. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2009;52(1):117-119.

12. Sign of 3.Chauhan S, Singh R, Singh H, Kur R Palleda GM. The American Journal of Medicine (AmJM). 2009 12.2(11):1013-5.

13. Kochhar R, Kochhar Suman.Endoscopic ballon dilation of gastric outlet onstruction in adults. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. January 2010;2:29-35.

14. Uma Handa, Anu Nanda, Harsh Mohan, Suman Kochhar, Atul Sachdev. Cytologic diagnosis of gallbladder lesions-A study of 150 cases. Indian Journal of Surgery, May-June 2010;72:181-184.

15. Kochhar S. Caustic induced gastric injuries(In press).

16. Chandrika Azad, Veena Parmar, Purnima Aggarwal. Massive Cerebral Air Embolism on Ante Mortem CT Head. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, February 2011.

17. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with diffuse proligerative glomerulonephritis-an unusual association: a case report and review of the literature D'Cruz S, Singh R, Mohan H, Kaur R, Minz RW, Kapoor V, Sachdev AJ Med Case Reports.2010 Apr.29;4:125.

18. Fungal Cerebral Embolic Infraction by Rhino-Orbitocranial Aspergillosis Arora V, Nagarkar NM, Dass A, Dash A, Kaur R, AIJCR May-Aug 2010. 3(2), 115-118.

19. Tuberculosis of the spleen with pleural effusion:a rare but important clinical entity Dalal A, Dalal U, Singal R, Kaur R, Mayank J, Attari AK, Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2010:104(8), 675-678.

20. Narinder Kaur, Ultrasonographically Determined Effects of Pregnancy on Thyroid Gland-Poster Presentation in USCON XIX-2010

21. Narinder Kaur, Acute Parotitis after ERCP Case report  in GIE Feb.2011.

22. Narinder Kaur, Wilm's tumor - a case report and review of literature in JMCC 2011.

CME PROGRAMMES, CONFERENCES & OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

• Conducted a ‘One Day Seminar on Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PC-PNDT Act) on 7^th September, 2008 at Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32-B, Chandigarh.  The Seminar was specially planned to highlight the problem of female feticide and to spread the message of “Save the Girl Child”.  It also stressed on to educate the radiologists and gynaecologists and State and District appropriate authorities about the PC-PNDT Act, its scope and implementation. 

• A special feature of the Seminal was an ‘interactive session’ in which representatives of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, legal advisors, office bearers of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association and press representatives participated.

• Organized one day CME on Women Imaging in association with Punjab & Chandigarh branch of Indian Radiological & Imaging Association(IRIA) on 19.04.2009.