A visually impressive new building, modern work processes, extremely up-to-date equipment, and outstanding cooperation between the Departments of Radiology and Cardiology are the cornerstones of success at the new Diagnostic Center of the University Hospital in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Vogl’s international forte is computed tomography-(CT-) and magnetic resonance imaging-(MRI-) guided intervention mainly of liver and lung tumors and metastasis. People from all over the world come to him for transpulmonal percutaneous chemoembolization, a method used for localized chemotherapy of lung tumors, or for laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT). Zeiher’s specialty, among others, is regenerative medicine, for example, stem cell therapy, specialized catheter interventions, and measurement of intracardiac flow in diastolic dysfunction.

The appropriate environment for these manifold capacities was established with the new Diagnostic Center. In order to cope with the changes in the German healthcare system, an update of facilities and concentration of resources was necessary, as the center’s Commercial Director Dr. Hans-Joachim Conrad stresses. Now, all functional aspects – from the helicopter landing place on top of the building, to the Departments of Radiology and Cardiology in the middle, to the resuscitation room in the basement – are located in one building. “We were able to tighten our processes and increase efficiency – among other things – through the bundling of the latest imaging systems in one building,” says Conrad. The center is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment from Siemens: three MRI systems, eight angiography systems, three CT scanners, and one urology system support expertise in Frankfurt, providing patients with innovative care.