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The Department of Medical Imaging at the University of Toronto is one of the largest academic radiologiy departments in North America. St. Michael's is one of the principal teaching hospitals of the University, and is a busy, 550-bed multispecialty downtown tertiary care centre with world-class expertise in gastroenterology, urology, trauma, nutrition and metabolism, infectious diseases, oncology, orthopedic surgery, and rheumatology.
This fellowship will provide excellent exposure to multi-modality body (chest, abdomino-pelvic and musculoskeletal) imaging with a heavy emphasis on MRI. The fellowship is scheduled to include approximately 19 weeks of MRI, 18 weeks of CT, 8 weeks of ultrasound and 2 weeks of elective time. MRI: We have 2 Philips 1.5T MR scanners and are in the process of installing 2 General Electric 750 platform 3.0T MR scanners equipped with MR elastography, one of which will be dedicated to research. A new 3.0T MR Research Centre will be opening in 2011, which will have an on-site MR physicist and dedicated research coordinator. Gastrointestinal and metabolic MR imaging will be a core component of this centre.
The breadth of case, volume and hands-on experience will provide fellows with a solid foundation to comfortably manage MRI departments. All cases are interpreted under the supervisin of fellowship-trained radiologists in each discipline.
The case mix reflects the clinical strengths of the hospital. Common abdomino-pelvic studies include pancreaticobiliary MRI and MRCP, liver MRI including use of liver-specific contrast agents, renal MRI and MRA, MR enterography, gynecologic MR studies for staging of endometrial cancer and workup of adnexal masses, and rectal MRI for cancer staging. Musculoskeletal studies reflect the broad clinical expertise of our referring orthopedic and rheumatology colleagues. Fellows will have an opportunity to perform MR arthograms.
CT: We have 3 General Electric CT scanners, including two 64-detector scanners, with ASIR dose-reduction technology. The high volume of chest, abdomino-pelvic and vascular studies provides a comprehensive and enriching CT experience. Fellows will be exposed to CT enterography, colonography and urography.
The breadth of case, volume and hands-on experience will provide fellows with a solid foundation to comfortably manage MRI departments. All cases are interpreted under the supervisin of fellowship-trained radiologists in each discipline.
The case mix reflects the clinical strengths of the hospital. Common abdomino-pelvic studies include pancreaticobiliary MRI and MRCP, liver MRI including use of liver-specific contrast agents, renal MRI and MRA, MR enterography, gynecologic MR studies for staging of endometrial cancer and workup of adnexal masses, and rectal MRI for cancer staging. Musculoskeletal studies reflect the broad clinical expertise of our referring orthopedic and rheumatology colleagues. Fellows will have an opportunity to perform MR arthograms.
CT: We have 3 General Electric CT scanners, including two 64-detector scanners, with ASIR dose-reduction technology. The high volume of chest, abdomino-pelvic and vascular studies provides a comprehensive and enriching CT experience. Fellows will be exposed to CT enterography, colonography and urography.
Ultrasound: The department has 8 modern ultrasound units. Approximately 60-80 abdominal, pelvic and small parts ultrasounds are performed daily. In addition to interpretation of ultrasound exams, fellows participate in a variety of procedures including fine-needle biopsies, hysterosonography and trans-rectal ultrasound and biopsies.
Participation and attendance at interdisciplinary rounds and city wide Abdominal and Body MRI rounds is encouraged.
In keeping with the directive of the Department, 80% of the fellow's time will be spent on clinical activities and 20% on research. Research opportunities in body imaging are abundant with faculty radiologists available to supervise research projects suitable for a one-year fellowship.
Participation and attendance at interdisciplinary rounds and city wide Abdominal and Body MRI rounds is encouraged.
In keeping with the directive of the Department, 80% of the fellow's time will be spent on clinical activities and 20% on research. Research opportunities in body imaging are abundant with faculty radiologists available to supervise research projects suitable for a one-year fellowship.
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