Ultrasound Medicine
The Department of Ultrasound Medicine of Taikang Xianlin Gulou Hospital is one of the hospital’s key development disciplines. It currently has 12 ultrasound physicians, including 3 with postgraduate degrees or above, 5 with the professional title of Associate Chief Physician or above, and 5 attending physicians. The academic leader is Ren Xiaolong, MD, Chief Physician, and a government-sponsored visiting scholar in the United States supported by the China Scholarship Council. The department is equipped with several advanced medical devices, including LOGIQ E20, VOLUSON E 10, and EPIQ 7, and offers advanced imaging functions such as image-fusion navigation, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, elastography, and computer-aided imaging. It can provide comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services, including abdominal ultrasound, cardiovascular ultrasound, superficial organ ultrasound, obstetric and gynecological ultrasound, intracavitary ultrasound, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and interventional ultrasound. It can diagnose diseases of all body systems and is at an advanced domestic level particularly in areas such as fetal malformation screening; needle biopsy of various tissues and organs; sclerotherapy for cysts in multiple organs; catheter drainage for abscesses and fluid collections at multiple sites; and microwave and radiofrequency ablation for thyroid nodules, uterine fibroids and adenomyosis, and focal liver lesions.