Cardiopulmonary Imaging

About the Division

We are a subspecialty focused cardiac and thoracic imagers with expertise in imaging of complex thoracic diseases including Interstitial lung disease, cystic lung diseases, lung cancer and occupational lung diseases. The faculty are expert cardiac imagers and provide support to the Cardiology and Cardiothoracic surgery programs in diagnosis and management of complex cardiac and vascular disorders using Cardiac CT and MRI.

The faculty support a robust lung cancer screening program and participate in UC’s Lung Cancer Research Study Group. We are a part of several multi-disciplinary programs at weekly meetings including the Structural heart program, Thoracic Tumor Board, Multi-disciplinary Interstitial Lung Disease conference, Sarcoid conference and Connective tissue disease related ILD conference.

Interstitial Lung Disease Program

Chest CT at our institution are read by Chest sub-specialty focused faculty who are specially trained in reading interstitial lung disease HRCT. They are also experts in imaging of cystic lung disease and other rare lung diseases such as CT and MR imaging for lymphangiomatosis. The section faculty provide support for interventional pulmonary procedures including Y stent and endobronchial vale placement.

Lung Cancer Screening Program

The division faculty participate in a one of a kind in the region, multidisciplinary lung cancer screening program along with experts in diagnosis and interventional, surgical, radiation and oncologic management of lung cancer. Our Lung Cancer Screening program was the first such screening program in the Greater Cincinnati area and is recognized by the Lung cancer alliance as a Lung Cancer screening center if excellence. We are an ACR accredited site for lung cancer screening and participate in ACR registry.

More information can be found on the UC Health Website

B-Reader Services

Dr. Sangita Kapur and Dr. Cristopher Meyer are National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health certified B-readers providing CXR interpretation for individuals suspected of occupational lung disease (coal dust, silica, or asbestos exposure). Only approximately 300 physicians currently hold this certification that is mandatory for readers who classify radiographs for federal surveillance to include NIOSH Coal-Worker’s X-ray Surveillance program and other industry-sponsored medical surveillance programs. If you require B-reader services from a NIOSH certified B-reader please contact: JC Kelly, Department of Radiology @ kelly3jd@ucmail.uc.edu

Cardiac Imaging

The collaborative Cardiac Imaging Team relies on the expertise of two academic departments - Cardiology and Radiology. The strong collaboration between UC cardiologists and radiologists is unlike any other in the area. We work closely with our colleagues from cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery. The program is dedicated to state-of-the-art noninvasive imaging of the heart. Imaging modalities include cardiac computed tomography (CT) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). CT and MRI of the heart provide exquisite images of the heart in any desired orientation. Both modalities can provide information on structural and functional abnormalities of the heart. Cardiac CT provides excellent spatial resolution resulting in detailed evaluation of coronary arteries including evaluation of course and caliber, while Cardiac MRI excels at tissue characterization and functional evaluation.

A 3D post-processing lab, consisting of technologists and post-processing workstations, provides cutting edge reconstruction capability, and is an integral part of the cardiac imaging program.