X-Ray, is  a  kind of  radiation which can  penetrate through the  human body and project onto  a film or a detector.  It is widely used in showing foreign objects inside your body, the status of fracture, mammography and bone densitometry. X-Ray is not expensive. Although X-Ray involves radiation, the radiation dose is very low. For example, the amount of radiation dose of a chest X-Ray examination is equal to that of the cosmic radiation dose received from universe during a flight flying from Hong Kong to Japan.

 

Examination Process

 

The examination time takes 5 - 10 minutes, depending on body region. During examination, the patient needs to stand still in front of the film or lie down on the table. The patients should keep steady when radiographers are taking photos outside the X-Ray room.

 

Preparations for Examination

 

• Please make an appointment. Please bring the latest relevant old films and reports (e.g. X-rays, MRI, CT Scans, etc.) at the time of examination for comparison.
• Please notify our staff if you are pregnant or suspected that you are pregnant when you make an appointment.
• Please take off all accessories including earrings, watches and necklaces before the examination.

 

Preparations for Special X Ray  (Barium Meal / Follow through)

 

• Do not drink or eat for 8 hours prior to the examination.

 

Preparations for Intravenous Urography (I.V.U.)

 

• Do not drink or eat for 4 hours prior to the examination.
• Please avoid any alimentary tract contrast tests 7 days prior to the examination.
• For the patient with Diabetes:
  Please notify our staff 3 days before the examination and bring related medicines on the examination date. You may need to stop Metformin 24 hours before your appointment untill 48 hours after the examinations. You can  resume the drug as usual afterward.
• For the patient with Asthma or Any Allergies: Please notify our staff 3 days before scheduled appointment for examination. Oral Steroid (40mg Prednisolone at 12 hours before and 40mg Prednisolone at 2 hours before examination) should be prescribed by referring doctor on the day prior to the examination. If you do not have oral steroid, Hydrocortisone will be injected on the day of examination. Charge is HK$300.

 

Preparations for Hysterosalpingogram (H.S.G.)

 

• Sexual intercourse:
  DO NOT have sex from the first day of menstration till the examination date. The examination should be done after menstruation and within 10 days counting from the first day of menstruation.
• For the patient with Asthma or Any Allergies:
  Please notify our staff 3 days before scheduled appointment for examination. Oral Steroid (40mg Prednisolone at 12 hours before and 40mg Prednisolone at 2 hours before examination) should be prescribed by referring doctor on the day prior to the examination. If you do not have oral steroid, Hydrocortisone will be injected on the day of examination. Charge is HK$300.

 

Preparations for Fluoroscopic Special Procedure

 

• Do not drink or eat for 4 hours prior to the examination.
• Please provide the result of Platelet Count and Prothrombin Time+ INR (PT) within the past two weeks prior to the examination.

 

X-Ray

 

Head & Neck	Recommended   number of views	Price
Skull	2	$400
Facial Bones	3	$600
Mastoids	3	$600
Mandible	3	$600
Temporo-Mandibular Joints	2	$400
NPC Views	3	$600
Paranasal Sinuses	3	$600
Nasal Bone	2	$400
Adenoid	1	$200
Pharynx	1	$200
Soft Tissue Neck	1	$200

 

Chest	Recommended   number of views	Price
Chest	1	$200
Clavical	2	$400
Ribs (Upper / Lower)	2	$400
Sternum	2	$400
Sterno-Clavicular Joint	3	$600

 

Abdomen	Recommended   number of views	Price
Abdomen	1	$200
KUB	1	$200

 

Spine & Pelvis	Recommended   number of views	Price
Cervical Spine	2	$400
Thoracic Spine	2	$400
Lumbar Spine	2	$400
Lumbosacral Spine	2	$400
Sacrum	2	$400
Coccyx	2	$400
Sacrum + Coccyx	3	$600
Sacroiliac Joints	3	$600
Pelvis	1	$200

 

Extreminties	Recommended   number of views	Price
Shoulder	2	$400
Humerus	2	$400
Scapular	2	$400
Elbow	2	$400
Forearm	2	$400
Wrist	2	$400
Bone Age (Left Wrist)	1	$200
Hand	2	$400
Finger	2	$400
Hip	2	$400
Femur	2	$400
Knee	2	$400
Patella	2	$400
Leg	2	$400
Ankle	2	$400
Heel	2	$400
Foot	2	$400
Toe	2	$400

 

Special X-Ray	Price
Hysterosalpingogram (H.S.G)	$5,000