Prostate Cancer Staging Pioneers
Australian First in Prostate Cancer staging following the introduction of PSMA PET/CT. Wesley Medical Imaging (WMI) was the first private facility to offer a PET service in Australia. As the leading provider of PET imaging WMI also pioneered Ga-68 PSMA PET scanning...
MRI Bulk Billed in Brisbane
MRI Government rebates for Major Brisbane Hospital in Spring Hill Bulk Billed MRI scans from 5 April 2019 A full Medicare Magnetic Resonance Imaging licence has been awarded by the Federal Government to St Andrew’s Medical Imaging (SAMI) in Spring Hill,...
Buderim Hospital Bulk Bills MRIs
MRI rebates for Sunshine Coast Residents Bulk Billed MRI scans from 8 March 2019 Buderim Private Medical Imaging is excited to announce the successful outcome in their campaign and has been awarded a new full Medicare Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) licence from the...
PAE trial delivering great results for enlarged prostate sufferers
Radiologists at Wesley Medical Imaging have pioneered Prostate Artery Embolisation (PAE) treatment in collaboration with Wesley Urologists as an effective alternative to medical therapy for enlarged prostate sufferers, that may also delay the need for surgery. What Is...
Nanoknife cancer treatment at Wesley
Nanoknife offers cancer patients treatment options The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane is Queensland’s first and only hospital offering cancer treatment procedures using a special device known as the NanoKnife. The NanoKnife uses a process called Irreversible...
MRI guided prostate biopsy
What is an MRI guided prostate biopsy? MRI guided prostate biopsy is the ability to target and biopsy suspicious regions of the prostate under the guidance of MRI. In a MRI guided prostate biopsy the patient undergoes a prostate biopsy while in the MRI machine. MRI...
Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease
Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease (CMDLD) encompasses a spectrum of lung diseases caused by prolonged exposure to coal mine dust. CMDLD are often referred to as “black lung”. Black lung is an oversimplification as Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease take on many different forms....
First cases of Silicosis identified in Queensland stone masons
Queensland’s first cases of Silicosis, an occupational lung disease, has been found in stone masons working with artificial stone. Traditionally Silicosis has presented in coal miners, but tragically, this week six Queensland stone masons have now been diagnosed...
