Imaging Services

Services We Offer

UPMC Imaging Services offers a full range of imaging tests and procedures. The most common include the following:

Diagnostic Imaging and Fluoroscopic Procedures

Nuclear Medicine Imaging Procedures

  • bone scan
  • brain scan
  • cardiac stress testing
  • DMSA scan (pediatric)
  • esophageal transit
  • gallbladder scan
  • gastric emptying
  • liver/spleen scan
  • lung V-Q scan
  • MILK scan (pediatric)
  • renal scan
  • SPECT scan (back scan)
  • thyoid therapy
  • thyroid uptake scan
  • V-P shunt scan
  • white cell location

Interventional Imaging Procedures

  • angiography
  • angioplasty
  • biopsy
  • chemoembolization
  • embolization
  • kyphoplasty
  • lower leg venography
  • petrosal vein sampling
  • therasphere
  • thrombolysis
  • tunneled catheter insertion
  • ultrasound-guided breast biopsy
  • ultrasound-guided PICC line insertion
  • uterine fibroid embolization
  • vascular stenting, arterial stenting
  • venous and arterial dye diagnostic studies
  • vertebroplasty

Peripheral Vascular Procedures

  • aortic and venous duplex studies
  • arterial and venous doppler studies
  • carotid duplex study
  • doppler ultrasound
  • hemodialysis doppler studies
  • transcranial doppler study

Ultrasound Procedures


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