Dr. Nancy Curry

The section of Abdominal imaging is a multi-modality subdivision of the department of radiology with fellowship trained staff specializing in the interpretation of CT, MRI, and fluoroscopic studies. The department utilizes state-of-the-art technology with 16 and 64-slice multidetector CT scanners as well as two dual-source CT scanners allowing rapid acquisition with nearly limitless reconstruction capabilities. Instant coronal reformations are currently available on all abdominal and pelvic CT studies. Over the last year, our MRI department, has installed 2 Siemens Avanto 1.5 Tesla and 1 Siemens Verio 3.0 Tesla magnets.  With their revolutionary multichannel Tim coil technology, we can produce abdominal magnetic resonance images of a quality and resolution that are unsurpassed by any other facility in the world.  We also continue to expand our capabilities for functional body imaging of the pancreatic and biliary ductal systems as we have secretin and Mulithance, the first combined extracellular/hepatobiliary contrast agent available in the United States, both readily available.

Clinical care of abdominal imaging patients is further impacted by active clinical involvement by abdominal radiologists in hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal tumor boards. Close interaction with both the transplant and Hollings Cancer Center services by our subspecialty trained staff, who possess strong backgrounds in CT, MRI, and ultrasound, allows for a more tailored, precise management of these challenging patients.

The abdominal imaging section has been active in national meetings, participating in educational exhibits at the RSNA on the topics of diffuse liver disease and post pancreatectomy MRI and MRCP. Additionally, we have established ourselves as a site for the multi-institutional ACRIN 6671 study for evaluation of the exciting new MRI contrast agent, combidex, in the detection of early nodal metastases in cervical cancer.