Medical imaging
Medical imaging includes diagnostic and interventional examinations, which includes:
- radiography - X-ray
- CT scans
- mammography
- ultrasound
- MRI scans
- PET/CT imaging
- nuclear medicine imaging.
Services
In the Northern Territory most services are at Royal Darwin Hospital and Alice Springs Hospital.
There are limited services at many of the smaller hospitals, including Tennant Creek Hospital, Katherine Hospital and Gove Hospital.
Services are available to hospital inpatients and outpatients.
Darwin
Royal Darwin Hospital has the following medical imaging services:
- computed tomography, including CT angiography, brain perfusion, CT cardiac angiography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- ultrasound
- general X-ray and fluoroscopy
- digital subtraction angiography
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- interventional radiology services including high end interventions
- PET/CT imaging
- nuclear medicine imaging via contractor
- cardiac angiography/stenting via contractor
- bone densitometry via contractor
- mammography via contractor.
Alice Springs
Alice Springs Hospital has the following medical imaging services:
- computed tomography including CT angiography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- ultrasound
- general X-ray and fluoroscopy
- digital subtraction angiography
- bone densitometry
- mammography
- interventional radiology services.
Tennant Creek
Tennant Creek Hospital has the following medical imaging services:
- general X-ray
- ultrasound.
Katherine
Katherine Hospital has the following medical imaging services:
- general X-ray
- ultrasound
- CT scanning.
Gove
Gove District Hospital has the following medical imaging services:
- general X-ray
- ultrasound.
Contact
| Service | Location | Contact | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Darwin Hospital Medical Imaging | Royal Darwin Hospital 106 Rocklands Drive Casuarina NT 0810 | Phone: 08 8922 8545 Fax: 08 8922 8255 | Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm 24 hour emergency services are available outside these hours |
| Alice Springs Hospital Medical Imaging | Ground floor, Alice Springs Hospital Gap Road Alice Springs NT 0870 | Phone: 08 8951 7870 Fax: 08 8951 7609 | Monday to Friday 8am to 4:21pm Emergency services available outside these hours |
| Tennant Creek Hospital Medical Imaging | Tennant Creek Hospital Schmidt Street Tennant Creek NT 0860 | Phone: 08 8962 4399 | Monday to Friday 8am to 4:21pm Emergency services available outside these hours |
| Katherine Hospital Medical Imaging | Katherine Hospital Lot 1939 Gorge Road Katherine NT 0850 | Phone: 08 8973 9239 Fax: 08 8973 9310 | Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm Emergency services available outside these hours |
| Gove District Hospital Medical Imaging | Gove District Hospital Matthew Flinders Way Nhulunbuy NT 0880 | Phone: 08 8989 0278 Fax: 08 8987 0526 | Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm Emergency services available outside these hours |
Last updated: 01 November 2019