The Medical Imaging Department provides a full range of exams and screening tests for inpatients and outpatients, using state-of-the-art equipment.
Medical imaging provides internal images of the human body through the use of different techniques. Medical imaging is used in surgeries and to diagnose diseases and assess their severity and progression. In the emergency room, it is used to assess the condition of patients suffering from trauma, stroke or severe pain.
The Medical Imaging Department offers these exams:
- Bone mineral densitometry (BMD)
- Virtual colonoscopy (CT)
- CT scan (Computed tomography)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mammography
- Radiography (X-ray)
- Specialized radiology (fluoroscopy – barium exams, arthrography, facet injections)
- Ultrasound (specialized exams: carotid Doppler, small part, thyroid, breast, shoulder)
How to access our services?
- You must have a referral from your family doctor or another healthcare professional to pass a medical imaging examination.
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Modality |
Physicians | NP | Dentists | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons | Chiro | Physio | Midwives |
| X-ray | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X¹ | X | X |
| Ultrasound | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | X | ✓³ |
| CT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓² | ✓² | X | X | X |
| MRI | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓² | X | X | X |
| Interventional Procedures / Biopsies | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | X | X |
Notes
- Chiropractors may order x-rays in community settings in accordance with applicable regulations; however, HGH does not accept x-ray requisitions from chiropractors for hospital-based imaging services.
- May order imaging only within their legislated scope of practice and where clinically appropriate.
- Midwives may order pregnancy and pelvic ultrasound examinations within their scope of practice.
How to access medical imaging records through PocketHealth?
- If you are a patient, visit our information page at PocketHealth for patients
- If you are a physician, visit our information page at PocketHealth for physicians