Radiology

Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital is a tertiary Grade A specialized obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Shanghai, known as the “Great Cradle of Shanghai.” Since the Department of Radiology was established in 2012, its team has gradually grown and it has achieved sustained, rapid development in a short period. It has now become a comprehensive department integrating conventional X-ray, CT, MRI, bone mineral density examinations, PET-CT imaging diagnosis, hysterosalpingography, puncture, and interventional diagnosis and treatment, while combining medical, teaching, and research functions. The director of the Department of Radiology, Chief Physician Cheng Jiejun, specializes in imaging diagnosis in obstetrics and gynecology and interventional puncture and treatment, and is a master’s supervisor. The department currently cooperates comprehensively with multiple disciplines, including gynecology, obstetrics, neonatology, the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department, and the Emergency Department, in clinical care, scientific research, and teaching. It routinely undertakes GCP clinical evaluations and MDT consultations on difficult cases, provides consultations within the medical consortium, and undertakes the training and supervision of physicians undergoing further training and undergraduate students. It continuously seeks new breakthroughs and strives to embark on a new journey.

The Department of Radiology currently has a total of 41 medical technology and nursing personnel, including 1 chief physician, 7 deputy chief physicians, 5 attending physicians, 4 resident physicians, 4 supervising technologists, 15 technologists, 4 nurses, and 1 clerk. There are 4 doctoral degree holders, 11 master’s degree holders, and 1 master’s supervisor. The radiology team of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital has participated in 12 research-funding projects, including projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, cooperative projects under the 973 and 863 programs, national key research and development projects, key and general projects of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Science and Technology, projects of the Shanghai Nano Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, projects of the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, and international cooperation projects. Department staff have jointly edited 9 scholarly works, submitted 7 patent applications, and published nearly 100 papers included in statistical-source journals, including more than 40 SCI papers. The department also undertakes standardized training and teaching for hospital residents and specialist physicians.

Large Equipment

The East Campus Department of Radiology has a United Imaging uMR 0mega 3.0T MR, a United Imaging uCT 960+ spectral CT, a United Imaging Paronoma PET-CT, a Siemens Artis Pheno DSA, a Hologic dual-energy X-ray bone densitometer, a United Imaging uMammo 890i mammography unit, a Siemens Mammomat Revelation tomographic mammography unit for puncture, a GE optima MR360 1.5T fiber-optic MRI system, a PHILIPS Ingenuity CT 64-row 128-slice spiral CT, a GE OEC 9900 Elite mobile C-arm X-ray unit, a Luminosd RF digital gastrointestinal unit, a Multix Select DR digital radiography unit, a Siemens Artis Q ceiling medical angiography X-ray unit, a GE Senographe Essential mammography unit, an SM-50-HF-B-D mobile X-ray unit, and other imaging equipment. The West Campus has large equipment including a Siemens Magneton 1.5 Aera MRI, a uCT 710 spiral CT, a GE Senographe Crystal Nova mammography unit, a PHILIPS Dura Diagnost 65DP digital medical X-ray radiography unit, and a SONIALVISION C200 digital gastrointestinal unit.

Professional Features

The main services provided by the East Campus Department of Radiology include:

In diagnosis: imaging diagnosis and evaluation using conventional X-ray, with a focus on molybdenum-target mammographic imaging and hysterosalpingography, as well as CT, MRI, and PET-CT. The Department of Radiology undertakes imaging diagnosis and consultations for difficult cases from across the country, focusing mainly on obstetrics and gynecology, neonatology, fetuses, breast disease, and pulmonary ground-glass nodules. Key services include hysterosalpingography (HSG), CT/MRI imaging diagnosis in obstetrics and gynecology and neonatology, localization and characterization of tumor lesions in the female abdomen and pelvis, diagnosis and differential diagnosis of benign and malignant lesions, and fetal MRI diagnosis and consultation, including the head, chest, abdomen, pelvis, and joints of the extremities.

In interventional diagnosis and treatment: the department currently performs vascular and nonvascular interventional diagnosis and treatment for obstetric and gynecologic diseases. Vascular intervention is used for the diagnosis and minimally invasive interventional treatment of antepartum and postpartum hemorrhage, cesarean-scar pregnancy, uterine arteriovenous malformations, uterine fibroids and adenomyosis, tumor embolization, PORT implantation, pelvic venous congestion syndrome, and other conditions. Current nonvascular interventional treatment mainly includes preoperative localization before mammographic breast puncture, selective salpingography (Selective Salpingorgraphy, SSG), and fallopian tube recanalization (Fallopian tube recanalization, FTR). It provides noninvasive recanalization for tubal infertility and noninvasive fallopian tube occlusion embolization before IVF-ET embryo transfer for infertile patients with hydrosalpinx, with the aim of increasing the embryo transfer success rate and conception rate of patients with hydrosalpinx.

The West Campus Department of Radiology currently mainly performs conventional X-ray radiography, mammography, hysterosalpingography (HSG), PORT implantation, and routine CT and MRI examinations.

Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Health Hospital is striving to create a nationally first-class obstetrics and gynecology hospital. The Department of Radiology integrates medical imaging diagnosis and intervention, develops medicine, education, and research comprehensively, sheds light on health, safeguards life, and contributes strength and luster to the hospital’s soaring development.