Ultrasound

56-45 Main Street
Flushing, N.Y. 11355

Phone: (718) 670-2778

Services

Ultrasound at New York Hospital Queens is at the cutting edge of technology. The department has five new state-of-the-art Phillips IU22 sonography units as well as comfortable new suites in both the Women's Imaging Center and the MRI suite.

• Aspiration biopsies with direct visual guidance
• Sonographic guided breast biopsy and aspiration to evaluate lesions found during mammography
• Vascular sonographic evaluation of patency and flow of arteries and veins eliminates contrast venography
• Abdominal and pelvic imaging with color and pulsed Doppler provide vital morphology and vascular information
• Small parts scanning with high megahertz transducers evaluate breast, thyroid and neonatal head
• Testicular studies with color Doppler help distinguish masses from vascular abnormalities
• Prostate scanning
• OB-GYN sonography for in-depth evaluation of fetal anatomy and growth
• Fetal echocardiography by a team of radiologists and pediatric cardiologists

For some individuals, you may be directed to follow instructions, such as drinking several glasses of water or not eating for several hours.

Certified and Accredited Ultrasound Service

American College of Radiology

New York Hospital Queens was recently recognized as the borough’s only hospital to be named a “Breast Imaging Center of Excellence” by the American College of Radiology after a rigorous review process to ensure compliance with nationally accepted standards. .

According to the ACR, a facility receives the distinction "Breast Imaging Center of Excellence” after it demonstrates excellence in breast imaging by successfully achieving accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy. The Commission on Quality and Safety and the Commission on Breast Imaging performed the ACR review.

Board-certified physicians and medical physicists considered experts in the field determined that New York Hospital Queens has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs.

Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Labs

The New York Hospital Queens ultrasound service is accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories. The purpose of the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL) is to ensure high quality patient care and to promote health care by providing a mechanism to encourage and recognize the provision of quality noninvasive vascular diagnostic testing by a process of voluntary accreditation. Through the accreditation process, laboratories assess every aspect of daily operation and its impact on the quality of health care provided to patients. While completing the accreditation application, laboratories often identify and correct potential problems, revising protocols and validating quality assurance programs. Because accreditation is renewed every three years, a long-term commitment to quality and self-assessment is developed and maintained.