Medical Imaging & Clinical Research

Cardiovascular Imaging

Cardiovascular imaging techniques include echo-cardiogram, coronary catheterization, intravascular ultrasound, Cardiac CT angiography, Cardiac PET scan and Cardiac MRI. An Echocardiogram is a test that uses high frequency sound waves to make images of your heart’s chambers, valves, walls and the blood vessels (aorta, arteries and veins) attached to your heart. Coronary catheterization is a minimally invasive process to access the coronary circulation of heart using a catheter. It is performed for both diagnostic and interventional purposes. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is also known as a percutaneous echocardiogram, is a medical imaging methodology using specially designed, long, thin, complex manufactured catheters attached to computerized ultrasound equipment to visualize the lumen and the interior wall of blood vessels.