Diagnostic Imaging

The Department of Diagnostic Imaging includes X-ray, ultrasound, computerized tomography scan (CT Scan), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), mammography, nuclear medicine and angiography. The diagnostic imaging department performs more than 80,000 exams yearly.
 
The diagnostic imaging team at Sault Area Hospital utilizes state-of-the-art equipment and includes: 
  • 1 CT Scanner
  • 1 MRI
  • 3 US machines
  • 1 Vascular Lab
  • 1 Interventional Suite
  • 1 Fluoro Room
  • 2 General Radiography rooms
  • 1 Mammography machine
  • 2 Nuclear Medicine Cameras
  • 3 Portable X-ray machines
  • 1 Portable Image Intensifier
  • 1 Cardiac Cath Suite
No analog film is used in the department. All diagnostic equipment is capable of digital imaging with the results viewed on computers. This process allows for all images to be sent from the Diagnostic Imaging Department to all the other departments throughout the Sault Area Hospital for instant viewing. 

In the near future, images will be viewed not only in a doctor's office in the city, but they will be sent to other hospitals for consultation.

Sault Area Hospital is one of only 14 other Ontario hospitals that offers cardiac angiography.