Imaging/Radiology
The Medical Imaging Department at Cumberland Medical Center provides General Radiography, Mammography, Bone Densitometry, MRI, CT, Nuclear Medicine, and diagnostic ultrasound, both vascular and general. The Mammography Department and the MRI Department are fully accredited by the American College of Radiology. We also have a mammography facility at Fairfield Glade. This site was designed to better serve the population in that part of the county and to also help any patient get their screening mammogram in a more timely manner.
All images done by the Medical Imaging Department are interpreted by one of our four Board Certified Radiologists. Radiologists are physicians who interpret medical images in order to rule out specific diseases or injuries. To become board certified by the American Board of Radiology, The staff is comprised of highly qualified registered Technologists and support staff. To become certified, technologists must complete at least two years of formal training in Radiologic Technology in an accredited hospital-based program or a two-year college or university-based program. They must pass a national certification examination and take continuing education training annually in order to maintain their registration.
Staffed 24 hours a day, the Medical Imaging department performs approximately 70,000 procedures annually using some of the latest advances in technology. Below are a few details concerning the various procedures we have available here at CMC.
they must pass a standardized national examination in radiology.
