In rare cases, we develop special protocols for individual patients in order to optimally visualize the pathological changes.
With modern equipment and advanced technology, we offer the following examinations of the highest quality for you at the Institut für Bildgebende Diagnostik:
MRI head / neurocranium
- Tumors
- Acute stroke (diffusion)
- Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (morphometry)
- Neurodegenerative diseases (MS etc.)
- Angiography of the cerebral arteries
- Sinus vein thrombosis
- Shunt diagnostics (flow measurement in the aqueduct)
- KHBW – 3D visualization of the endo/perilymphatic organs
- Cranial nerve diagnostics
- Pituitary tumors
- Hippocampal volumetry in dementia with spectroscopy
MR angiography and phlebography
- Arteries supplying the brain (carotid stenosis, vertebral dissection, etc.)
- Aorta (aneurysm, dissection, inflammation…)
- Renal and visceral arteries (renal hypertension, angina abdominalis…)
- Pelvic-leg angiography for AVK
- Pelvic leg phlebography, e.g. thrombus search after pulmonary embolism
- Pharmacoangiography of the pelvic vessels in the diagnosis of impotence
Orthopaedic MRI
- Cervical spine, with dynamics, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, whole-spine
- Joints: shoulder, elbow, wrist (with dynamics), hip joints, knee, ankle, etc.
- Dynamic MRI of joints: hand, shoulder, knee, ankle, etc.
- Fracture diagnostics, e.g. fatigue fractures
- Insertional tendinopathies (in the context of targeted cortisone injections)
- Cartilage diagnostics (for osteoarthritis, OD, in the context of PRP, BMC, etc.)
- Chest pain: DD Tietze syndrome, aortic dissection, myocardial infarction
MRI of the gastrointestinal tract
- Swallowing studies
- Esophageal hernia diagnostics
- Dynamic MRI of the stomach (gastric emptying studies)
- MR-Sellink of the small intestine (with and without naso-jejunal probe) e.g. for Crohn’s disease
- Adhesion testing (dynamic MRI with suction and compression)
- MRI of the colon for ulcerative colitis, malignant tumors, diverticulitis
- Appendicitis diagnostics
Prostate MRI, MRI of the uterus and adnexa
- Masses
- Congenital anomalies
- Alternative to biopsy in positive mammography cases
- Infertility (adenomyomatosis)
Fetal MRI (in utero), prenatal diagnostics
- Position and size of fetus and placenta in relation to pelvic inlet and outlet
- Diagnosis of brain and other organ malformations
MRI breast (MR mammography)
- Breast cancer screening
- Diagnostics in case of findings (e.g. palpation findings)
- Detection/exclusion of second ipsi-/contralateral carcinoma with positive mammography
- Alternative to biopsy in positive mammography cases
- Mammography for silicone implants
- Silicone leak diagnostics
- Monitoring the response to chemotherapy (diffusion-weighted MRI/ADCs)
Viscerocranium
- Paranasal sinuses
- Orbit (e.g. for endocrine orbitopathy)
- Upper/lower jaw: Teeth and nerves
- Salivary glands MRI (after stimulation)
- ENT tumors under therapy (response with diffusion/ADC)
- Jaw joints with dynamics
Cardio-MRI
- Ischemia diagnostics with adenosine
- Morphology
- Wall movement studies
- Valve diagnostics, with flow measurement (determination of degree of stenosis)
- Shunt diagnostics, with flow measurement
- Myocarditis diagnostics
- Malformation diagnostics
- Tumors and thrombi
- Implants (valves, atrial ear “plugs”)
Cardio-CT
- Calcium scoring
- Coronary angiography
- Bypass angiography
- Stent display
MRI of the upper abdominal organs
- Focal and diffuse liver lesions
- MR cholangio-pancreaticography (e.g. concrements-gallstones-colic)
- MRI of the pancreas
Whole-body MRI
- Screening (better than bone scintigraphy)
- Whole-body diffusion (as PET replacement, lymph node diagnostics, tumor search, etc.)
Dynamic pelvic floor diagnostics
- For voiding disorders, incontinence, bladder, vagina, uterus, rectal prolapse (after birth trauma)
Kidney diagnostics
- Lateral comparative perfusion
- Differential diagnosis of space-occupying lesions (with diffusion)
- MR urography (with or without CM – in children – after diuretic administration)
CT-guided pain therapy
- Periradicular therapy/infiltration therapy (PRT/PRI)
- Facet blockade/facet infiltration therapy (FIT)
- Sacroiliac joint infiltration/blockade (ISG blockade treatment in the
- area of the connection between the sacrum and the pelvic diaphragm)
Low-dose CT of the lungs
- Smoking screening (I-ELCAP study)
- Ultra-low-dose CT (better than X-ray
- with the same radiation exposure)
CT angiography
- Cerebral arteries – Aneurysms – Clips – Coils
- Carotids
- Aortic arch (aneurysm, dissection, malformations)
- Pulmonary angiography (pulmonary embolism)
- Aorta and visceral arteries (renal artery stenosis, mesenteric arteries, aortic aneurysm, stent/graft control, etc.)
- Pelvic-leg angio
- Thoracic outlet syndrome (with arm over head position)
