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Different imaging methods enable radiological diagnoses of various diseases in the entire body - from the head via the spinal cord to the abdominal region. Radiologists primarily examine diseases such as tumours, inflammations, cardiac diseases and the consequences of injuries.

The following radiological methods are used: conventional X-ray imaging, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and ultrasound. Only the
first two examination methods entail radiation exposure because X-rays are used. However, this level of radiation exposure, specifically at our University Hospital, is low and harmless to health since state-of-the-art equipment is available, operating with considerably lower radiation levels than was the case just a few years ago.

As its name implies, the Institute is primarily responsible for diagnosing diseases. However, in the case of vascular diseases, for example, it also performs therapeutic operations. Under a local anaesthetia, an instrument is inserted into an artery or vein via a small puncture. Thus, vessels can be re-opened in the event of blood circulation problems or closed in the case of bleeding.


Patient Care

Treatment focuses on the use of large-sized radiological equipment for the purpose of diagnosing different diseases throughout the entire body. The diagnostic spectrum includes not only conventional X-ray examinations and fluoroscopic methods but also the full range of modern imaging techniques as Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The main fields of examination involve tumours, inflammations, cardiac diseases and the consequences of injury. Vascular diseases can also be recognised and depicted by means of modern angiographical methods.

Interventional radiology is another major focus of the Institute. Here, radiologists treat vascular diseases with minimal-invasive procedures, including, for example, vascular dilatations or stent applications in the case of vascular strictures or obstructions. Blood flow is restored by means of a balloon dilatation to widen the vessel or by using metal stents. Further operative treatment involves embolisation, whereby vessels are closed in the event of bleeding and the closure of vascular convolutions in the case of malformations.

The Institute's therapeutic spectrum also includes thrombolytic therapies. This entails the local disintegration of a thrombosis by way of a catheter. In this manner, local chemotherapy is also performed, for example on hepatic tumours.


Research and Teaching

The Institute's key research areas are in the field of neuroradiology, intensively researching the significance of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnostics of different diseases in the case of acute stroke, cerebral inflammations, bone marrow diseases, inflammatory arthropathy and breast cancer. CT colonography in the diagnosis of intestinal tumours is another field of research. Here, the advantages and disadvantages of CT colonography as opposed to conventional colonoscopy are particularly investigated.