Our Specialties
What is the advantage of having a Fellowship-trained specialist on your medical team?
The practice of diagnostic radiology has fundamentally transformed the world of medicine over the last 100 years. Through the use of our diagnostic imaging modalities, we can uncover the earliest stages of disease, find the most subtle injuries, diagnose previously mysterious conditions, monitor healthy and unhealthy conditions and provide therapies for a multitude of diseases and injuries.
Many of our radiologists have additional training and expertise in specific fields of medicine to better serve our patients and our providers.
Our body imagers specialize in imaging of the abdomen and pelvis. Utilizing MRI, ultrasound and CT, body imaging uncovers various diseases affecting the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, intestines, kidneys, bladder and prostate. This dynamic field is constantly evolving, including recent specialized studies for prostate cancer detection and liver cirrhosis diagnosis and surveillance, among other state-of-the-art imaging techniques.
Alaska Imaging offers comprehensive women's imaging services for early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer and other conditions.
Our services specific to breast and women's imaging include:
- •Screening and diagnostic mammography
- •Breast ultrasound
- •Breast MRI
- •Ultrasound and MRI guided breast biopsies
- •Bone densitometry (DEXA)
- •Pelvic ultrasound
- •Obstetric ultrasound
- •Hysterosalpingogram (HSG)
- •Saline Infusion Sonohysterography (SIS)
- •MRI for problem solving
- •MRI defecography: state-of-the-art evaluation of pelvic floor disorders
- •Fetal MRI for detection and evaluation of fetal abnormalities
- •MRI of the uterus and cervix for staging of endometrial and cervical cancers
- •Ultrasound and MRI of the ovaries to evaluate abnormalities and risk of cancer
Musculoskeletal imagers work closely with your primary care physician, surgeon, sports medicine and orthopedic specialist and other doctors on your team. They are experts in using MRI, CT, ultrasound, x-ray, fluoroscopy and 3D imaging for evaluation of these complex structures and disease processes. When you or your loved ones are in pain, you want an expert evaluation to ensure a speedy diagnosis and set you on your path to wellness.
Our services specific to musculoskeletal imaging include:
- •Arthrograms of joints prior to MRI
- •Therapeutic joint injections
- •Specialized MRI techniques to reduce artifacts from implanted metal
Our team of fellowship-trained vascular and interventional (VIR) radiologists are subspecialized in using minimally invasive, image-guided procedures, for both the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of diseases, injuries, and abnormalities. Using minimally-invasive techniques improves outcomes, reduces side effects and shortens recovery times.
Our services specific to vascular and interventional include:
- •Peripheral vascular disease diagnosis and treatment, including balloon angioplasty and stenting
- •Directed cancer treatment, including treatment of liver metastases
- •Placement of ports and fistulas, along with diagnosis and treatment of complications related to devices
- •Paracentesis and thoracentesis
- •Image-guided biopsy, including, but not limited to, lung, liver, kidney, soft tissues and bone
- •Treatment of osteoporotic spine fractures
- •Gastrostomy placement
- •Nephrostomy and nephroureteral stents / intervention
- •Tunneled vascular access, Port placement
- •PleurX catheter placement
- •Hepatobiliary interventions
- •Dialysis graft interventions
- •IVC filter placement and removal
- •Kyphoplasty
- •Arterial and venous thrombolysis
- •Venous interventions, including treatment of superior vena cava syndrome and May-Thurner
- •Transjugular intrahepatic shunts (TIPS) for bleeding and ascites
- •Peripheral vascular disease, angioplasty, and stenting
- •Arterial embolization
- •Oncologic intervention, tumor embolization and ablation
- •Image-guided soft tissue and organ biopsy
- •Percutaneous drain placement
Our neuroradiologists specialize in the diagnosis of diseases of the brain, spine, head and neck using advanced imaging techniques.
Our pediatric radiologists are specially trained to perform and interpret imaging studies on infants, children and adolescents, using techniques that minimize radiation exposure.
Our general diagnostic radiologists interpret a wide range of imaging studies including X-rays, CT scans, ultrasound and MRI to diagnose various conditions and diseases.