The Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound & Echocardiography at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine began in 1994. There are 75 medical personals, 40 doctors and 35 assistants; 12 doctors have senior professional titles and 10 doctors have intermediate professional titles. All are well educated and high qualified. Of our doctors, 29 of them have a Master's degree, while 5 of them have their PhD. There are currently 13 students studying for their master’s degree in the department. There are over 28 precise and advanced color Doppler ultrasound machines in the department, including real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography, abdominal and vascular ultrasound instruments and dynamic three-dimensional ultrasound.

Multiple new techniques and procedures have been developed and applied in clinical practice, such as: Real-Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography (RT-3D TEE), Transcatheter Closure Of Congenital Heart Disease, Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography, Fetal Echocardiography, Three-dimensional obstetric ultrasound, Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS), Ultrasound-guide Biopsy, Ultrasound-guided Interventional Treatment (e.g. masses in liver, kidney, thyroid), Trans-rectal Ultrasound (TRUS), Transvaginal Ultrasound (TVUS), Real-Time Elastosonography in the diagnosis of thyroid and breast lesions, and Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography and Drainage (PTCD) for obstructive jaundice. A significant shift from medical diagnosis to clinical treatment of ultrasound has been achieved. The Department has many strong points, such as using fetal echocardiography in prenatal diagnosis of fetal cardiovascular malformations. We also use multiple diagnostic ultrasound modalities in the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules, and interventional ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of masses of the thyroid, breast, prostate and liver.

In recent years, the department has held the post of teaching ultrasonic diagnostics for the overseas and domestic students in Zhejiang University School of Medicine. The department has two scientific research projects supported by NSFC (Natural Science Foundation of China) and more than ten scientific research projects were sponsored by various foundations, including the natural science foundation of Zhejiang province, Zhejiang provincial science and the technology department project. Consultations regarding intractable cases are held in the department once every two weeks. Many international cooperative programs have been established and many talented staff members of our department are sent to study abroad every year. The department has already published 200 articles in several journals, including 31 Scientific Citation Indexes.

Chief of Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound and Echocardiography, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine:

ZHAO Bo-wen: Senior Professor of Medical Science

Member of: Society of Echocardiography, of the Chinese Society of Ultrasonic Engineering and Ultrasound in Medicine; Deputy Director of the Zhejiang Society of Ultrasound in Medicine, of the Chinese Medical Association; Member and Secretary of the Zhejiang Chinese Society of Ultrasonic Engineering and Ultrasound in Medicine.

Scope of Medical Diagnosis and Treatments:

Our department utilizes ultrasound to diagnose pathology in a multitude of body systems, including: cardiac, hepatic, biliary, pancreatic, splenic, renal, urinary, prostate, reproductive, ophthalmic, thyroid, parotids, salivary glands, mammary, peritoneal, thoracic, peripheral vasculature and fetal development. We are able to diagnose superficial tissue masses, and perform ultrasound-guided puncture of cystic lesions (e.g. liver, kidney). We also use radiofrequency ablation to treat liver cancer and thyroid nodules.

The Leading Subjects of Medicine

1.Real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography, RT-3D (TEE)

2.Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

3.Fetal echocardiography

4.Three-dimensional obstetric ultrasound (3D OB US)

5.Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)

6.Ultrasound-guide biopsy & intervention

7.Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)

8.Transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS)

Technological Superiority:

The department has developed clinical sub-groups aimed at increasing the capacity of diagnosis and treatment. The senior and middle professional titles all have different sub specialties, including cardiovascular, thyroid gland, fetal ultrasound, and fetal echocardiography. The Fetal echocardiography and real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography are in the domestic leading level.