Diagnostic Radiology:

2 General Electric digital general rooms with wall and tabletop detectors
2 General Electric digital R+F Rooms (Precision) one of which is equipped with the vascular/angiography package
1 Siemens orthopantomograny unit (flim based)
2 General Electric CR readers
4 General Electric Portable radiography units

Interventional Radiology

Digital Angiography Suite (Siemens Multistar TOP)

Computed tomography

General Electric LightSpeed 4 detector CT
Siemens Emotion single detector CT equipped with CT fluoroscopy
General Electric Advantage Workstation
Siemens Virtuoso Workstation

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

General Electric Open Speed 0.7 T

Ultrasound (main department; ultrasound in other areas is listed separately

3 Acuson Sequoia
2 Acuson Aspen

Bone Mineral Density

Hologic

Mammography

Comprehensive breast imaging center equipped with exam and conference rooms
2 GE and 1 Siemens mammography units
Lorad prone stereotactic biopsy unit
Phillips Ultrasound
Second Look CAD

Nuclear Medicine

3 Siemens dual head cameras (e-cam)
PET provided on mobile basis one day weekly (GE Discovery CT/PET)

Computers, Network and PACS

McKesson Horizon PACS system
Talk Technology Voice recognition dictation system.
The department is equipped with a 100Base-T network wired to the hospital's main network backbone and the internet.  Terminals are available throughout the department for accessing the Hospital's HBOC Star Information system or for World Wide Web access.  Imaging workstations are also available in the department.  All the digital modalities above are on the hospital network.

Library

A departmental library, equipped with a networked computer and comprehensive reference collection, is attached to the reading room and open 24 hours.  The ACR CD teaching file is available on the computer.

A film based teaching file of approximately 2000 cases is available adjacent to the library.  
A digital teaching file is available at www.teachingfile.com with servers using both the Casimage and MIRC software.

The hospital medical library is a 300 foot walk from the department, and may be accessed after hours by calling security.  The library has a comprehensive collection of books and journals.  Suggestions for additional purchases should be given to the librarian.

Off site resources:

Hospital sattelite clinics: 6, 4 are equipped with film based general radiographic facilities.  Films are physically transported to Mercy Hospital for interpretation. A fifth facility has Computed radiography and images are interpreted and reported on the PACS system.
A sixth center performed Ultrasound, much of which is obstetrical, which is transmitted to the PACS system, and supplements the busy OB ultrasound expereience provided on site.

Independently owned facilities used for resident education:

Images from these facilities are transmitted to workstations located at Mercy Hospital through dedicated VPN connections, and interpreted by faculty as a component of their practice.  These sites are not owned by the hospital, but are owned by or have reading contracts with the faculty.

AMIC Open MRI at Hyde Park- 47th St and Lake Shore Drive

Hitachi Aeris II 0.3 T Open MRI

Advanced Medical Imaging Center - 111 N Wabash, Suite 620

Siemens Symphony 1.5 T MRI
Siemens 16 detector CT
GE Logic 9 Ultrasound

Chicago Ridge Radiology

Hitachi Aeris 0.3 T MRI
Siemens Emotion Helical CT
Shimatzu Ultrasound
Siemens single head nuclear camera
Computed Radiography
Hologic QDR-4500 bone densitometer