Digital X-ray
Low-dose digital radiography for bone, chest and joint imaging. Images are available on the radiologist's screen within seconds of exposure.
Service 03
Diagnostic Imaging
Scanned, read and explained before you leave the building — in most cases on the same afternoon.
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Median time from scan to reported result
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Reported the same day as the appointment
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Radiologists reading in-house, not outsourced
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Needed from outside for MediCore patients
The overview
Imaging is only useful if someone explains it
A scan that sits unread for three weeks has almost no clinical value. Our imaging suite exists inside the clinic precisely so that the picture, the interpretation and the conversation happen close together.
Both of our radiology leads work on site. When a result needs urgent action they walk down the corridor to the ordering physician rather than sending a letter. When it's reassuring, you hear that in plain words before you go home.
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What we can scan
Available modalities
Abdominal & pelvic ultrasound
Real-time soft-tissue imaging using sound rather than radiation, performed by our sonographers and reported the same session.
Musculoskeletal ultrasound
Dynamic imaging of tendons, ligaments and muscle — useful precisely because we can watch the joint move rather than freeze it.
Getting ready
How to prepare
Preparation depends on what's being scanned. Reception confirms the specifics when they book you, but this covers the common cases.
Tell us if you are or might be pregnant before any X-ray. We will almost always switch to ultrasound instead.
Before an X-ray
- Eat and drink as normal
- Leave jewellery at home
- Avoid clothing with metal fastenings
- Bring prior images if you have them
Before an ultrasound
- Abdominal: fast for 6 hours
- Pelvic: arrive with a full bladder
- Continue your usual medication
- Wear a two-piece outfit
After the scan
From image to answer
Four stages, all inside this building. Timings below are typical rather than guaranteed.
Images acquired
Your technologist checks image quality before you get dressed, so nothing needs repeating later.
Radiologist reads
One of our two radiology leads reviews and dictates a report, flagging anything urgent immediately.
Clinician discussion
Your ordering physician receives the report and calls you, or catches you before you leave.
Report & images released
Everything lands in your patient portal. Request a copy of the raw images any time at no charge.
Radiation & safety
Kept as low as reasonably achievable
Every X-ray carries a small radiation dose, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest. What matters is that the dose is justified and minimised — which is why a radiographer, not an algorithm, decides the exposure settings for each patient.
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Justification first
If ultrasound can answer the question, we use ultrasound. No routine imaging "just to check".
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Dose optimised per patient
Settings adjusted by body region and size, with paediatric protocols for children.
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Equipment tested quarterly
Independent calibration checks, with records available on request.
Questions
Imaging, answered
Our imaging reception can confirm preparation details for your specific scan.
Ask Our Team →Imaging needs a clinical request, so a clinician has to order it. For MediCore patients that's your own physician. If you hold a request form from an outside doctor we can usually accommodate it — call to check.
Yes. Radiology reports are written for clinicians, so your physician translates it. We don't release a result into your portal without a plain-language note attached.
They're yours. Request them at reception or through the portal and we'll provide them at no charge, in a format other clinics and specialists can open.
Yes — diagnostic ultrasound uses sound waves, not radiation, and is the standard imaging method during pregnancy. X-ray is what we avoid, so always tell us if pregnancy is possible.
We do, using paediatric dose protocols. A parent stays in the room throughout, and we schedule children into quieter slots so there's no rush.