Highly sophisticated diagnostics and imaging tools evolve frequently, and even with bi-yearly maintenance, need to be replaced every ten years.

There are many good reasons for this. New technology is safer for patients and staff alike – it provides better images with lower doses, faster. As the volume of patients at Huntsville Hospital increases, this newer, faster technology will help us keep up and provide better images.

A new nuclear medicine camera has technology which provides more accurate locations for lesions. It also acquires the images faster, so more patients can be seen each day.

Our ultrasound technology is ten years old, and a lot has improved in sound wave acquisition in ten years. Our new radiologists and sonographers were trained on the latest ultra-sound technology; we need it now to improve our diagnostics capabilities as well as to attract and retain great staff.

Mammography is another great example of what we can achieve with more advanced technology in Diagnostic Imaging. Using new 3D Mammography Technology called Tomosynthesis, we’ll be able to provide more accurate information about whether or not there are changes in the breast. This can help identify breast abnormalities earlier. That can save lives, and that’s why we’re here.

The Focus on Imaging Capital Campaign will give our oustanding team the capacity to make great choices, and to improve care throughout the hospital. Your donations will ensure this hospital keeps up by giving us the opportunity to be our very best every time a patient comes through our doors.

Noreen Chan
Diagnostics Imaging
& Cardio-Respiratory Manager