Quality care begins with an accurate diagnosis. The Outpatient Diagnostic Imaging Center at South County Hospital is your Southern Rhode Island resource for the latest advances in medical imaging delivered in a private, comfortable setting.
Our Diagnostic Imaging Center has a highly-trained staff of board-certified radiologists, technologists, and sonographers who are committed to providing you with compassionate, personalized care. Our imaging department has the latest diagnostic imaging equipment, to give the best possible results.
The Diagnostic Imaging Center is accredited by the American College of Radiology. We maintain electronic records of our imaging studies through our Picture Archiving and Storage System (PACS) – an important benefit should you require emergency care or treatment.
In addition to our hospital campus, diagnostic imaging services are offered at our Medical & Wellness Centers in East Greenwich, Warwick, and Westerly.
The comprehensive range of diagnostic imaging services offered includes the following:
Bone densitometry is a special type of X-ray that measures bone mineral density (BMD). It is used primarily to detect osteopenia or osteoporosis, diseases in which BMD is low, increasing the risk of fractures.
Hospital Campus, Wakefield
Please check-in at the Hospital Patient Information Desk
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7 a.m-5 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Medical & Wellness Center - East Greenwich
Thursday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Our Cardiac Catheterization Lab is a diagnostic facility that identifies and treats a variety of cardiac ailments through the use of imaging techniques. To learn more, call 401 788-3908.
Hospital Campus
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Computed Tomography (CT) is a computerized X-ray imaging scan that is processed by a computer to generate cross-sectional images, or slices, of the body’s organs. Each year, the Diagnostic Imaging Center at South County Hospital performs thousands of CT studies.
Your CT exams are performed by certified technologists and interpreted by Board Certified radiologists. If, after scheduling your CT scan, you have questions, call 401 788-1486.
Hospital Campus, Wakefield
Monday-Friday: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday appointments available
Yearly lung cancer screening with low-dose CT has been shown to save lives by finding cancer early. This screening is recommended for people who are at a high risk for lung cancer.
To be a candidate for lung screening, you must meet all of the following requirements:
Take this Lung Cancer Risk Quiz and Determine Your Eligibility for Screening
If eligible, ask your doctor to schedule you for a lung cancer screening at South County Hospital.
Hospital Campus, Wakefield
Monday-Friday: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday appointments available
Interventional radiology encompasses image-guided diagnostic procedures that can offer an alternative to conventional surgery. These procedures are minimally invasive procedures and performed by board certified interventional radiologists. To learn more and discuss options, please consult your physician.
Hospital Campus
When physician referral is received, the Hospital calls the patient to schedule.
Request an Appointment Today!At South County Hospital's Women's Imaging Center, you'll find the most advanced technology -- 3D mammography -- used by certified mammography technologists and interpreted by Board Certified radiologists. Mammograms are also performed at the Medical & Wellness Centers:
We offer convenient hours six days a week, including early morning and evenings. Weekend appointments are also available.
To schedule your imaging appointment or for more information, call 401 788-1486.
Hospital Campus, Wakefield
Please check-in at the Hospital Patient Information Desk
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 7 a.m-5 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Medical & Wellness Center - East Greenwich
Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Medical & Wellness Center - Westerly
Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m
Our facilities are accredited by the American College of Radiology.
South County Hospital’s MRI suite is designed for your comfort and staffed by some of the most experienced technologists in the state.
MRI provides exquisite details of the brain, spinal cord, and vascular anatomy. High risk breast cancer patients can also be a candidate for MRI. Patients with compatible, MRI conditional cardiac pacemakers will be able to have MRI exams when needed.
To ensure a comfortable experience, technologists will provide noise-canceling headphones and let you select your favorite music. We perform thousands of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies every year, and you’ll have access to your results on your portal whenever you need them.
Hospital Campus
100 Kenyon Avenue, Wakefield
Monday-Friday: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.;
Saturday appointments available
South County Health boasts the latest in MRI technology--the Siemans Magnetom Aera MRI machine, located at the hospital's main campus and the Medical & Wellness Center in Westerly. It is considered to be a top-of-the-line system in its class.
Among the benefits to patients:
Nuclear medicine is a diagnostic examination that provides images of body anatomy and functioning. The images are developed based on the detection of energy emitted from a radioactive substance given to the patient. Among the most common nuclear medicine tests are the whole-body scan, bone scan, thyroid imaging and uptake, as well as renal and liver function scans.
Hospital Campus
100 Kenyon Avenue, Wakefield
Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-4 p.m.
Ultrasound is a noninvasive imaging test that evaluates soft tissue organs in your body. Our department is accredited by the American College of Radiology, all of our technologists are registered to perform ultrasounds for abdominal, vascular, obstetric, gynecologic, small parts and breast. Breast biopsies are offered in the department as well as dense breast screenings. While annual mammograms are the best screening tool, supplementary screening with an ultrasound or MRI can be useful. Mammograms can be as accurate at 98% in a fatty breast, but our sensitivity can drop to as low as 30% in women with extremely dense breast tissue.
Hospital Campus, Wakefield
Please check in at the Hospital Patient Information Desk
Monday-Friday 7am-7pm
Medical & Wellness Center- East Greenwich
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Medical & Wellness Center - Warwick
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Medical & Wellness Center - Westerly
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
To schedule your imaging appointment or for more information, call 401 788-1486.
When you choose South County Health for your X-ray services, you can be assured that our highly trained staff is using the most sophisticated imaging technology in a setting designed with your privacy and comfort in mind.
Your X-ray tests are performed by certified technologists and interpreted by Board Certified Radiologists.
Walk-in services available 7 days a week
Please note that you must have a doctor’s order when arriving for a walk-in appointment.
Hospital Campus, Wakefield
Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Medical & Wellness Center - East Greenwich
Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday: 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Note: From November 20-December 18, X-Ray services will not be available in our East Greenwich Express Care location. If X-Ray services are potentially needed, we encourage you to Get In Line or Save Your Spot at our Warwick Express Care location.
Medical & Wellness Center - Warwick
Sunday-Saturday: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Medical & Wellness Center - Westerly
Monday – Friday: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
To request a copy of your imaging studies, call 401-788-1541.
For other questions, call our radiology reception desk at 401-788-1444.
Age 40-74 for women who are at average risk of breast cancer should receive a mammogram every other year or annually (if they prefer).
Women at high risk (such as patients with a family history or genetically susceptible patients) should speak with your PCP or GYN for screening frequency.
Age 21-65 for women who are at average risk of cervical cancer should receive a Pap test every 3 years or an primary HPV test every 5 years. These tests can be done alone or at the same time (co-test) and done during a pelvic exam.
Women at high risk because of a suppressed immune system (for example from HIV infection, organ transplant, or long-term steroid use) or because they were exposed to DES in utero may need to be screened more often and should speak with your PCP or GYN.
Women over age 65 who have had a regular screening in the past 10 years with normal results and no history of CIN2 or more serious diagnosis within the past 25 years should stop cervical cancer screening.
Women who have had a total hysterectomy (removal of the uterus and cervix) should stop screening unless the hysterectomy was done as a treatment for cervical cancer or serious pre-cancer.
Age 45-75 for people who are at average risk of colorectal cancer should receive a colonoscopy every 10 years.
Alternatively, a stool-based test yearly, or every 3 years for Cologuard.
People at high risk should begin prior to age 45 and should be screened more frequently by colonoscopy (such as patients with a family history of colorectal cancer or conditions such as Crohn’s or Ulcerative Colitis)
For people ages 76-85, the decision to be screened should be based on a person’s preferences, life expectancy, overall health, and prior screening history.
People over age 85 should no longer get colorectal cancer screening.
Women who are at average risk of ovarian cancer are NOT recommended to be screened.
Women at high risk (such as patients with a family history of ovarian or breast cancer or have an inherited genetic syndrome such as Lynch syndrome, or BRCA gene mutations) should speak with your PCP or GYN.
Age 50 for men who are at average risk of prostate cancer and are expected to live at least 10 more years.
Age 45 for men at high risk of developing prostate cancer. This includes African American men and men who have a first-degree relative (father or brother) diagnosed with prostate cancer at an early age (younger than age 65).
Age 40 for men at even higher risk (those with more than one first-degree relative who had prostate cancer at an early age)
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