Radiology

Our radiology department undertakes over 40,000 examinations each year. The services we provide comprise general radiology (using DR and CR), CT scanning, MR scanning, ultrasound, interventional radiology and nuclear medicine including PET-CT.

Our nuclear medicine service performs a full range of radioisotope tumour imaging using a dual head gamma camera, SPET-CT and PET-CT. We also provide a PET-CT service for the whole of Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network.

Our Pat Seed radiology department houses five scanners - two MR scanners and three CT scanners (one of which is used for the purpose of radiotherapy planning). We were one of the first hospitals in the country to take delivery of a state-of-the-art Siemens Avanto 1.5T MR scanner.

In 2007 our radiology department invested in two new ultrasound scanners and a new interventional suite.

As a support service to the hospital's groundbreaking research, the radiology department provides input to more than 150 active clinical trials at any one time, across all the disease groups.

Our consultant radiologists provide support to the Christie clinical teams through multi-disciplinary teams, with a named consultant leading for each disease group. About 40 multi-disciplinary teams are scheduled each month. There is also a lead radiologist for each specialty within radiology.

In March 2007 The Christie introduced a picture archiving and communication system (PACS). This has enabled patient images to be viewed instantly by doctors and health care professionals which has made patient scanning and diagnosis much more efficient.

Electronic web-based system of requesting PET CT

We have introduced an electronic web-based system of requesting PET CT. This has replaced the system of faxing request forms. This has helped facilitate the request process by improving speed of requesting, data collection and report availability.

The PET CT request system is for oncologists to request PET CT scans, track request progress and view the results.

Radiology staff

Consultant Radiologists

  • Dr J Lawrance, Consultant Radiologist and Divisional Director of Clinical Support Services
  • Dr R Bramley, Consultant Radiologist and Clinical Director of Radiology
  • Dr B Carrington, Consultant Radiologist
  • Dr P Hulse, Consultant Radiologist
  • Dr B Taylor, Consultant Radiologist
  • Dr S Bonington, Consultant Radiologist
  • Dr P Manoharan, Consultant Radiologist
  • Dr S Mak, Consultant Radiologist
  • Dr H-U Laasch, Consultant Radiologist
  • Dr C Barker, Consultant Radiologist
  • Dr F Wong, Consultant Radiologist
  • Dr R Kochhar, Consultant Radiologist
  • Dr D Mullan, Consultant Radiologist
  • Dr J O'Connor, Consultant Radiologist

Radiology Management Team

  • Mr P Boyd, Radiology Business Manager
  • Mrs A Armstrong, Clinical Lead Radiographer
  • Miss S Todd, Clinical Specialist Radiographer, Radiology 1
  • Mr J Parker, Clinical Specialist Radiographer, Radiology 2
  • Miss S Iddles, Clinical Specialist Radiographer, CT Scanning
  • Mrs L Mullen, Clinical Specialist Radiographer, MR Scanning
  • Mr S Gallagher, PACS Manager

Contact details

  • CT/MR Scanning - Tel: 0161 446 3884
  • X-ray Tel: 0161 446 3320
  • Ultrasound - Tel: 0161 446 3322
  • Nuclear Medicine/PET-CT - Tel: 0161 446 3945

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