Radiology Services
We offer a range of services across our departments. For more information on our services please see below. If you have an appointment in one of our departments, please refer to your appointment letter for further information on your exam and what preparation is required prior to your visit.
An X-ray is a quick and painless procedure commonly used to produce images of the inside of the body.
It’s a very effective way of looking at the bones and can be used to help detect a range of conditions.
We have X-ray rooms at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Princess Royal Hospital and in our Community Diagnostic Centre at Hollinswood House in Telford.
For more information on X-ray please visit the NHS website.
A Computerised Tomography (CT) scan uses X-rays and a computer to create detailed images of the inside of the body.
CT scans are sometimes referred to as CAT scans or Computed Tomography scans.
We have CT scanners at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Princess Royal Hospital and in our Community Diagnostic Centre at Hollinswood House in Telford.
For more information on CT scans please visit the NHS website.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a type of scan that uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of the inside of the body.
An MRI scanner is a large tube that contains powerful magnets. You lie inside the tube during the scan.
We have MRI scanners at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Princess Royal Hospital and in our Community Diagnostic Centre at Hollinswood House in Telford.
Taking a Child/Young Person for an MRI
If you’re taking a child for a scan then you can show them the video below, which will help explain to them what to expect. The video, produced by our team here at SaTH, targets children between the ages of four and ten who have either never had a scan before or are trying it for the first time without a general anaesthetic.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3wsaNfa1l8&ab_channel=sathNHS
For more information on MRI scans please visit the NHS website.
An ultrasound scan, sometimes called a Sonogram, is a procedure that uses high-frequency sound waves to create an image of part of the inside of the body.
We have Ultrasound scan rooms at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Princess Royal Hospital and in our Community Diagnostic Centre at Hollinswood House in Telford.
For more information on Ultrasound please visit the NHS website.
Nuclear Medicine is a medical specialty that uses radioactive tracers (radiopharmaceuticals) to assess bodily functions and to diagnose and treat disease.
Common procedures and interventions include:
- Bone scanning – assessing bone metabolism – routinely used in the staging of a variety of cancers and has a role in other bone pathologies.
- Ventilation and perfusion lung imaging, using two imaging agents in succession, to make the diagnosis of pulmonary embolus (lung clot).
- Myocardial perfusion imaging (an imaging test that shows how blood is flowing through the heart). Differences in blood flow between a rest state and a stressed state provide information about the heart’s blood supply.
- Kidney imaging, to evaluate kidney scarring and drainage as well as renal transplant function.
- Sentinel node imaging (to assess lymphatic drainage of a tumour), where a tracer is injected into a tumour to identify the draining lymph nodes. This technique is used in a variety of cancer types to guide surgery.
- Imaging and non-imaging tests to look at the function of the gut and liver.
- Imaging degenerative brain diseases
A mammogram is an x-ray of your breasts. X-rays use high energy rays to take pictures of the inside of your body.
You might have mammograms as part of the Breast Screening programme or to check for cancer if you have symptoms that could be due to Breast cancer. This is called a diagnostic mammogram.
Please visit the Breast Screening page for further information.