Dr Jocelyne Lapointe: Medical Imaging in BC, Then and Now

Jocelyne Lapointe has over 30 years of experience in clinical Neuroradiology at the Vancouver General Hospital, including a five-year term as Head of the division of Neuroradiology in the department of Radiology at the University of British Columbia.

In addition to her teaching and clinical duties, Jocelyne made major contributions to the functional design of the original VGH Neuroradiology section, opened in 1979, and to the new Radiology department, opened in 1999. Because of this expertise, in 2005 she was asked to work with Vancouver architects on the concept plans for the Korle-Bu Neuroscience Centre to be built in Accra, Ghana, under the guidance of the Korle-Bu Neuroscience Foundation. Her talk will include:

• How imaging started ( plain x-rays and fluoroscopy)
• How various organs are imaged 
• Imaging and computers: CT scan, MRI and 3D Ultrasound 
• What is Nuclear medicine (i.e radioisotopes, PET scans)
• Interventional procedures  or the radiologist as a therapist.