Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Radiology

Overview

Provides imaging-based diagnosis and image-guided procedures for a wide range of diseases throughout the body.

Key Strengths at Kobe University Hospital

• High-level imaging interpretation for complex disease in a university-hospital setting with close integration into cancer, transplant, cardiovascular, and emergency care.
• Interventional radiology for minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment, including biopsy, drainage, vascular intervention, embolization, and other image-guided procedures.
• Essential role in multidisciplinary planning for surgery, oncology, hepatobiliary disease, and emergency management.

Major Conditions / Services

• Diagnostic imaging for oncologic, cardiovascular, neurologic, and abdominal disease
• Image-guided biopsy and drainage
• Vascular and non-vascular interventional procedures

Representative Procedures / Programs

• CT, MRI, ultrasound, and fluoroscopic imaging
• Interventional radiology procedures
• Preoperative and treatment-response imaging assessment