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The Department of Radiology is an academic organization within LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport composed of technologists, nurses, clerical personnel, administrators, physicists, and physicians. The Department of Radiology mission is in alignment with LSU Health Sciences CenterShreveport institutional vision and direction. |
Imaging sciences have been continuously evolving since the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1895. An extraordinary technological leap forward is anticipated in the next few years that will improve, simplify and make commonplace different imaging modalities. Advances in imaging conceived and initiated at the turn of the millennium such as 3-D imaging, tissue characterization, etc, are no longer in their seminal stage but gaining substantial clinical experience. In many instances, invasive diagnosis techniques are being replaced by accurate and safe non-invasive imaging studies. Furthermore, imaging techniques for diagnostic studies and guidance of minimally invasiveinterventions have expanded to non-radiologists. This multidisciplinary interest bolsters additional research and development to simplify imaging methods as well as make it safer.