The Division of Thoracic Imaging and Intervention
The Division of Thoracic Imaging and Intervention at Massachusetts General Hospital provides a full range of diagnostic exams and image-guided interventions.
Our diagnostic examinations include inpatient and outpatient chest radiography, computed tomography of the thorax, high-resolution chest CT for the evaluation of interstitial lung disease, thoracic PET/CT, and MRI of the thorax. The division also performs image-guided thoracic interventions, including transthoracic needle biopsy, fiducial placement, and thermal image-guided tumor ablations.
We maintain an active thoracic interventional oncology service line including percutaneous needle biopsy of the lung, mediastinum, pleura and chest wall, fiducial placement to guide surgical resection of lung nodules, and ablation of thoracic neoplasms.
We teach the art and science of thoracic imaging and intervention to Harvard medical students, residents, fellows and visiting physicians.
Our research includes advances in CT technology, CT dose reduction techniques, thoracic dual-energy CT, thoracic PET/CT, pulmonary nodule management, imaging of the post-operative patient and thoracic interventions, and artificial intelligence.
Division Radiologists
Members of the division are internationally recognized experts in thoracic imaging and intervention and active consultants who work closely with the Mass General primary care and subspecialty services, including pulmonary medicine, medical oncology, radiation oncology, thoracic surgery, and infectious disease.
Members of the division also publish widely in the radiological literature and regularly speak at major national and international scientific meetings as active contributors and leaders in the Society of Thoracic Radiology, Fleischner Society, American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society and Radiological Society of North America.
Find a Radiologist
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![Amita Sharma - Mass General Hospital]()
- Chief, of Thoracic Imaging across Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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![Florian Fintelmann - Mass General Hospital]()
- Medical Director of Thoracic Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital
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Thoracic & Cardiac Imaging Fellowship
The Thoracic and Cardiac Imaging Fellowship provides a cutting-edge clinical and research experience in thoracic and cardiac diagnosis and thoracic intervention.