Medical Imaging Department

The Missions of the Medical Imaging Department

• Provide multidisciplinary care for patients of all ages (adults, adolescents, children) for their diagnostic examinations in the fields of radiology and nuclear medicine; 
• Constantly evolve our diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in terms of effectiveness and safety thanks to qualified and regularly trained personnel and the latest-generation equipment; 
• Enable rapid diagnoses using imaging techniques and minimally invasive tumor sampling guided by imaging, in particular through dedicated diagnostic pathways (senology, gynecology, sarcomas, thyroid, pediatrics); 
• Treat our patients with interventional radiology and vectorized internal radiotherapy techniques; 
• Actively contribute to Clinical Research through imaging assessment of the effectiveness of new treatments; 
• Be a promoter and/or researcher of diagnostic and therapeutic research protocols in collaboration with industrial partners, with our internal scientific collaborators (Institut Curie Research Center), and academic collaborators (national and international cooperative groups); 
• Develop and pass on our knowledge by participating in scientific conferences, publishing our results in scientific journals, and participating in university teaching programs.

The Platforms of the Medical Imaging Department

The Imaging Department, with its Paris and Saint-Cloud sites, boasts a comprehensive range of diagnostic and therapeutic imaging dedicated to oncology and backed by an integrated IT infrastructure (PACS, RIS, DACS, DICOM exchange platform).

Equipment and procedures in Radiology:

• Digital conventional radiology; 
• Digital mammography with tomosynthesis, angiomammography, stereotaxis; 
• Ultrasound imaging (ultrasound, doppler, elastography); 
• Computed tomography (multidetector scanners, dual energy/spectral); 
• Anatomical and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (diffusion, perfusion, proton spectroscopy), MRI under general anesthesia (pediatrician); 
• Percutaneous diagnostic interventional radiology (biopsies under ultrasound, CT, MRI, mammography); 
• Percutaneous therapeutic interventional radiology (radiofrequency, microwaves, cryotherapy, vertebroplasty, cementoplasty, osteosynthesis) within the operating theater, in a dedicated room;

Facilities and Procedures in Nuclear Medicine:

• The department is equipped with 2 digital PET-CT, 2 hybrid gamma-cameras (TEMP-CT), and 4 therapy rooms. 
• The PET-CT activity includes access to many tracers (18F-FDG, 18FCholine, 18F-DOPA, 18F-FES, 68Ga-DOTATOC, 68Ga-PSMA, etc.) as well as new clinical research tracers (68Ga-FAPI, etc.). 
• The conventional scintigraphy procedure (TEMP-CT) offers oncological imaging examinations (bone scans, MIBG, lymphoscintigraphy, etc.), as well as isotopic sentinel lymph node procedures; 
• The department has 4 therapy rooms dedicated to internal vectorized radiotherapy (RIV), in particular for the treatment of thyroid cancers, neuro-endocrine tumors, and prostate cancers, in routine care and as part of industrial or academic research.

The team

• Head of Department and Head of Radiology Service: Dr Hervé Brisse (The Hospital Group)
• Heads of Nuclear Medicine Department: Drs. Nina Jehanno (Paris site) and Laurence Champion (Saint-Cloud site)