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Radiology

Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Nampa offers a full menu of radiology services. Imaging procedures are reviewed by 21 trained radiologists through Gem State Radiology. The radiology department offers services on a 24 hour, 7 days per week basis.

Radiology services are available through the following departments:

• General radiology
• Nuclear medicine
• Ultrasound
• Mammography-Comprehensive Breast Care Center
• Computed tomography (CT)
• Invasive radiology

Diagnostic procedures are also performed by cardiologists in the radiology cardiac cath lab.

Our Technology
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center — Nampa has one of only a few hundred CT scanners in the nation capable of 64-slice, high-speed images. Most scanners in the U.S. are the old-fashioned single-slice design. This state of the art 64-slice CT scanner ensures less radiation exposure and superior imaging. Another benefit of this scanner is that most procedures take only a few minutes Rapid CT scans and other radiological procedures support the outstanding Saint Alphonsus emergency department around the clock. The CT scanner and other advanced radiological equipment frequently allows physicians to quickly look inside your body to evaluate your source of pain or extent of injury or disease.

Virtual colonoscopy via CT is now available at Saint Alphonsus. Virtual colonoscopy allows diagnostic viewing of the colon for patients who refuse to undergo or are too fragile to survive invasive conventional colon screening exams.

One of the newest additions to Saint Alphonsus’ radiology services is state-of-the-art PET (positron emission tomography) technology. PET is a medical imaging tool which assists physicians in detecting disease. PET scans produce digital pictures that can identify many forms of cancer; damaged heart tissue; and brain disorders such as Alzheimers, Parkinsons and epilepsy.

A PET scan is very different from an ultrasound, x-ray, MRI or CT, which detect changes in the body structure or anatomy, such as a lesion or musculoskeletal injury. A PET scan can actually distinguish between benign and malignant disorders (or between living and dead tissue).

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