Ultrasound Imaging Department

The Department of Ultrasound Imaging of Tongji Hospital was established in the early 1960s, and the current department director is Professor Cui Xinwu. The department currently has 97 physicians, 1 nurse, 1 secretary, and 69 reporting staff. It has 7 physicians with senior professional titles, 15 physicians with associate senior professional titles, 4 doctoral supervisors, and 9 master's supervisors; 22 physicians in our department with associate senior or higher professional titles hold positions in various professional societies at the national, Hubei provincial, and Wuhan municipal levels. This discipline primarily provides ultrasound examinations and interventional treatment for diseases in subspecialties including the heart, abdomen, thyroid, breast, peripheral vessels, and joints. Featured medical services include: 1. Diagnosis of thyroid and breast tumors using AI technology 2. Detection of gastrointestinal diseases and liver tumors using ultrasound contrast agents 3. Fetal heart monitoring 4. Assessment of cardiovascular diseases using contrast-enhanced ultrasound and elastography 5. Ultrasound-guided rotational resection for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 6. Ultrasound-guided microwave/radiofrequency ablation treatment of liver and thyroid tumors 7. Ultrasound assessment of bone age, biliary atresia, developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), joints, and nerves in children 8. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound assessment of vesicoureteral reflux in children and staging of pediatric CKD, and ultrasound-assisted minimally invasive solutions for biliary tract diseases 9. Ultrasound assessment and interventional treatment of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis access 10. Transcranial ultrasound diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and movement disorders. This discipline has achieved significant results in clinical care, scientific research, and teaching; it has undertaken and completed more than 60 national and provincial research projects, is currently undertaking 8 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and has published more than 300 SCI-indexed papers in the past 5 years.