The Department of Radiology has 11 clinical divisions that are staffed by radiologists who specialize in the part of the body under study. Thanks to their advanced training and singular focus, they are experts in spotting conditions that affect that part of the body.
Clinical Divisions
The Division of Abdominal Imaging offers a full range of diagnostic services for patients with disorders in the abdomen and pelvis.
The Division of Breast Imaging offers comprehensive breast evaluation services, including diagnostic and mammography screening.
The Division of Cardiovascular Imaging offers a full range of diagnostic services for the heart and blood vessels.
The Division of Emergency Imaging provides imaging services for a Level I Trauma Center that treats over 100,000 patients a year. It also runs the country's first emergency-imaging fellowship and develops protocols that are widely adopted by other ERs.
The Division of Neurointerventional Imaging provides minimally invasive, image-guided procedures to treat vascular diseases of the central nervous system and spine.
The Division of Interventional Radiology provides minimally invasive, image-guided procedures to diagnose and treat a wide range of conditions and diseases.
The Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention provides diagnostic services and image-guided therapies to patients with joint and spine disorders.
The Division of Neuroradiology provides a full complement of advanced neuroimaging techniques.
The Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging provides a full range of clinically focused diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures.
The Division of Pediatric Imaging, working as part of the Mass General for Children, provides a suite of advanced imaging exams and interventional procedures in a family-centered environment.
The Division of Thoracic Imaging and Intervention provides a full range of diagnostic exams.
Mass General is recognized as a top hospital on the U.S. News Best Hospitals Honor Roll for 2025-2026.
Over 900,000 diagnostic exams for inpatients and outpatients annually.
A study by researchers at Mass General Brigham highlights the opportunity for orthopedic surgeons to play a critical role in identifying patients who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV).
In lab models, lasers improved blood flow and decreased brain injury after stroke by stimulating nitric oxide production in blood vessels.
The locus coeruleus is a key brain structure implicated in cognitive function and neurodegenerative disease.
Researchers found that anesthesia can have a major effect on tracer brain uptake and metabolism.
Marc Succi, MD, a physician investigator in the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead author of a recently published paper in Journal of Arthroplasty
By using specialized in vivo brain scans of older individuals, researchers showed that changes in the locus coeruleus precede tau increases in other brain regions and together, were associated with future cognitive decline.
