Equipment

FVH is equipped with the latest radiology and is actually the General Electric Medical Reference Centre for Vietnam. Our inventory of state-of-the-art equipment includes:

• Proteus X-ray units for conventional radiography
• Prestige II Remote-controlled Table
• Logic 5 Digital Calibrated Doppler Ultrasound System
• Senographe DMR+ Mammographic System
• Hi-Speed NX/i Pro CT Scanner System

All our equipment is Dicom compatible and all our films are digtalised using the Agfa Centricity System.

We recently acquired the Siemens Sonaline G60S 4-D Ultrasound for obstetrics and gynaecology. It shows real-time images of your baby developing in the womb. A DVD of these wonderful moments will be recorded and presented to the mother to share with her family and friends.

From early 2007, the Imaging Department will be run using the Radiology Information System provided by Global Care Solutions which is the same system used at the Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok. And from mid-2007, all FVH doctors will have direct access via their computers to all imaging films using the innovative PACS (Picture Archive Communication System) also provided by Global Care Solutions.

Services

FV Hospital Imaging Department offers a number of sub-specialties in body imaging, such as gastro-intestinal, hepato-biliary, genito-urinary, head and neck, breast, and musculo-skeletal imaging, as well as neuroradiology and interventional radiology.

Specialised radiological examinations may require dietary and bowel preparations. If you need such preparation, you are required to visit the department 3 days prior to the examination for complete medical instructions and medication.

Here are some of the imaging services FVH provides:

CT Scan (computerized tomography)
• Whole body scan
• Arthroscan, Angioscan, Dentascan and other specialised scanners
• Interventional procedures such a CT scanner-guided biopsies and drainage

Conventional Radiography for lungs, sinuses and bones   

Digital Fluoroscopy for examinations of the gastro-intestinal tract with contrast (laryngography and barium studies), studies of the urinary system (IVP, RCU), arthroscopy, and also percutaneous biopsy, aspiration and drainage.

Angiography which is an opacification of your arteries, to detect any abnormality i.e. occlusion, narrowing. The most commonly studied vessels are the carotid arteries, the aorta, the kidney artery and the lower limb arteries and veins.

Mammography for the early detection of breast cancer. Our state-of-the-art mammograph allows us to perform full field mammography and stereotaxic core biopsy. We organise breast cancer screening campaigns regularly.

Ultrasound scan for investigations of the abdominal, gynaecological, breast, thyroid, testicular areas, of soft tissues, and of any part of your body. Our ultrasound systems feature a vascular colour Doppler for studying blood flow in arteries and veins, and also can be used for directing a biopsy, a drainage or other interventional procedures.

Interventional Radiology is carried out by most of our imaging specialists, for example biopsy guided by ultrasound or CT Scanner, interventional angiography, joint aspiration are routinely performed in our department.