UAB's status as a Level 1 Trauma Center brings in many people with injuries from blunt or penetrating trauma. We perform and interpret about 450,000 examinations per year including 100,000 outpatient studies. Presently, the UAB radiology department operates 5 MRI scanners. Our inpatient units are a GE 1.5 Tesla Horizon LX Echospeed, and a GE Signa 1.5 T magnet at the University Hospital, along with a GE Advantage Windows workstation. Our outpatient units at The Kirklin Clinic are a GE 1.5 T Horizon LX Echospeed, a Horizon LX2 Hi-Speed 1.5 Tesla magnet, and a Siemens Expert 1.0 Tesla magnet.
All magnets have vascular imaging packages.
University Hospital has three Acuson Sequoia, one ATL HDI 5000, and one ATL HDI 3000 ultrasound units, all with spectral and color duplex Doppler. Both University Hospital and The Kirklin Clinic are filmless, using Acuson's Aegis system to review and archive images. The department faculty numbers about 50, with six being Ph.D. physicists or chemists. Clinical and teaching activities are divided into subspecialty areas. There are 22 radiology residents and 10 fellows.