Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Dr Ket Sang Tai

Dr Tai is a diagnostic and interventional radiologist in Birmingham. His practice is based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and The Priory Hospital.

In diagnostic radiology, he carries out diagnostic imaging like ultrasound, CT, and MRI. He has specialist interest in imaging of the cardiovascular system and regularly performs cardiac CT, duplex ultrasound and CT angiography of the vascular system, as well as a wide range of non-vascular imaging.

In interventional radiology, he performs procedures like limb angioplasty, percutaneous biopsies, drainages of collection, vascular access, and urology interventions.

Radiology

Radiology is a field in medicine where doctors use various imaging techniques like ultrasound, CT, MRI or angiography to look at the inside of human body in order to find out the cause of illnesses. Usually a radiographer operates the machine to obtain the images and a radiologist study the images and issue a clinical report.

Radiology can be broadly divided into diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology.