Meet the Team

Meet the Team

The Diagnostic Imaging Team

Diagnostic imaging relies upon high-tech equipment to quickly and accurately image the inside of the human body. It takes skill and training to use this equipment. In some cases, our technologists also examine and interpret the images. These healthcare professionals are a key part of the diagnostic process, helping doctors, primary care providers, and specialists get the images they need to better diagnose and treat their patients.

As a group, healthcare professionals who work within the Diagnostic Imaging Department are known as Medical Radiation Technologists (MRTs).

Radiological Technologists provide diagnostic X-rays and other associated diagnostic imaging procedures. Specialties include general radiography, mammography, angiography, fluoroscopy, and computed tomography (CT scans).

Nuclear Medicine Technologists acquire images that help pinpoint the nature of a disease and how it is affecting the body using radioisotopes that target specific areas in the body to create an image. Nuclear medicine is used to evaluate coronary artery disease, determine the location of tumours, monitor cancer treatment effectiveness, and study how the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys and other organs are functioning.

Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, Ultrasound and Echocardiography: Diagnostic Medical Sonography (Ultrasound Technology) is a rapidly expanding medical technology that uses high-frequency sound waves to generate images of normal anatomy and pathology.  Sonographers are medical professionals who are focused on patient care and perform ultrasound examinations in hospital and clinic settings. They integrate their knowledge of physics and instrumentation, with patient clinical history and sonographic findings to seek out, document, and quantify disease. These findings are reported to a physician and form an integral component in the management of each patient.