Learn more about diagnostic imaging pathways
Diagnostic Imaging Pathways helps guide your choice of diagnostic examinations in a wide range of situations. The links below connect to the Diagnostic Imaging Pathways website – a support tool for clinicians.
Breast Imaging Pathways
Cardiovascular Pathways
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Repair Follow-Up)
- Aortic Dissection (Spontaneous)
- Chest X-Ray (Pre-Operative)
- Deep Venous Thrombosis (Arm)
- Deep Venous Thrombosis (Leg)
- Hypertension
- Hypertension (Renovascular Cause)
- Leg Ischaemia (Acute)
- Peripheral Stent Follow-Up
- Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Suspected Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Suspected Stable Angina
- Thoracic Aorta Blunt Trauma
Endocrine
Musculoskeletal
- Bone Metastases
- Bone Pain
- Chronic Shoulder Pain
- Foot Ulcer (Diabetic)
- Hip (Avascular Necrosis)
- Hip Pain (Non-Traumatic)
- Knee Pain (Non-Traumatic)
- Low Back Pain
- Multiple Myeloma
- Neck Pain (Non-Traumatic)
- Osteomyelitis (Suspected Acute)
- Soft Tissue Mass
- Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Trauma Pathways
- Abdominal Blunt Trauma
- Chest Trauma
- Head Injury (Adult)
- Leg Ischaemia (Acute)
- Lower Urinary Tract Trauma
- Suspected Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury
- Thoracic Aorta Blunt Trauma
Musculoskeletal Pathways (Trauma)
- Acute Traumatic Shoulder Pain
- Ankle Injury
- Bone and Joint Trauma (Overview)
- Cervical Spine Injury
- Facial Trauma
- Hip Fracture (Suspected)
- Knee Pain (Post-Traumatic)
- Stress Fracture (Suspected)
- Thoraco-Lumbar Spine Trauma
- Wrist Fracture (Suspected)
Miscellaneous Pathways
Obstetric & Gynaecological
- Adnexal Masses (Incidental)
- Amenorrhoea (Secondary)
- Bleeding (Abnormal Pre-Menopausal)
- Bleeding (First Trimester)
- Bleeding (Post-Menopausal)
- Cervical Cancer (Staging)
- Ectopic Pregnancy (Suspected)
- Endometriosis (Suspected)
- Fetal Wellbeing (Assessment)
- First Trimester Screening
- Haemorrhage (Antepartum)
- Intrauterine Growth Restriction (Suspected)
- Ovarian Cancer (Staging)
- Paediatric, Hydronephrosis (Antenatal)
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (Suspected)
- Pulmonary Embolism (Pregnancy)
- Tubo-ovarian Torsion (Suspected)
Respiratory
- Bronchiectasis
- Chest Trauma
- Chest X-Ray (Pre-Operative)
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (Suspected)
- Dyspnoea (Chronic)
- Haemoptysis
- Mediastinal Mass (Suspected)
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Staging)
- Pulmonary Embolism (Haemodynamically Stable)
- Pulmonary Embolism (Haemodynamically Unstable)
- Pulmonary Embolism (Pregnancy)
- Raised Hemidiaphragm on CXR
- Respiratory Illness (Acute)
- Solid Pulmonary Nodules
- Subsolid Pulmonary Nodules
Urological
- Bladder Cancer (Staging)
- Haematuria (Painless Microscopic)
- Haematuria (Painless Visible)
- Loin Pain (Acute Pyelonephritis)
- Loin Pain (Renal Colic)
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
- Lower Urinary Tract Trauma
- Prostate Cancer (Suspected and Staging)
- Renal Cell Cancer (Staging)
- Renal Failure (Acute or Acute on Chronic)
- Renal Mass
- Renal Transplant Dysfunction (Acute)
- Scrotal Mass
- Scrotal Pain (Acute)
Cancer Staging
- Bladder Cancer (Staging)
- Breast Cancer (Staging)
- Cervical Cancer (Staging)
- Colorectal Cancer (Staging)
- Gastric Cancer (Staging)
- Laryngeal Cancer (Staging)
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Staging)
- Oesophageal Cancer (Staging)
- Ovarian Cancer (Staging)
- Pancreatic Cancer (Suspected and Staging)
- Prostate Cancer (Suspected and Staging)
- Renal Cell Cancer (Staging)
Ear, Nose & Throat
Gastrointestinal
Acute Abdominal Pathways
- Acute Abdomen (Overview)
- Bowel Obstruction (Suspected)
- Cholecystitis (Suspected Acute)
- Iliac Fossa Pain (Acute Left)
- Iliac Fossa Pain (Acute Right)
- Loin Pain (Acute Pyelonephritis)
- Loin Pain (Renal Colic)
- Pancreatitis (Acute)
Gastrointestinal Pathways
- Abdominal Pain (Chronic)
- Bowel Obstruction (Suspected)
- Colorectal Cancer (Staging)
- Colorectal Cancer (Suspected)
- Crohn’s Disease (Suspected)
- Dyspepsia
- Dysphagia
- Gastric Cancer (Staging)
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Acute)
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Obscure)
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Suspected)
- Oesophageal Cancer (Staging)
- Upper Quadrant Pain (Chronic Right)
Hepatic Pathways
- Ascites
- Focal Liver Lesion (History of Malignancy)
- Focal Liver Lesion (Investigation)
- Hepatocellular Cancer (Surveillance)
- Hepatocellular Cancer (Suspected)
- Liver Lesion (Incidental)
Pancreatic and Biliary System Pathways
- Cholecystitis (Acalculous, Suspected Acute)
- Cholecystitis (Suspected Acute)
- Cholestatic Jaundice
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Pancreatic Cancer (Suspected and Staging)
- Pancreatic Cyst (Incidental on CT or US)
- Pancreatitis (Acute)
- Pancreatitis (Chronic)
Miscellaneous Pathways
Neurological
Paediatric
- Paediatric, Abdominal Pain (Acute Non-Traumatic)
- Paediatric, Elbow Injury
- Paediatric, Head Trauma
- Paediatric, Headache
- Paediatric, Headache (Recurrent)
- Paediatric, Hip Developmental Dysplasia
- Paediatric, Hip Pain
- Paediatric, Hydronephrosis (Antenatal)
- Paediatric, Injury (Non-Accidental)
- Paediatric, Knee Pain
- Paediatric, Limp
- Paediatric, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Paediatric, Neck or Back Pain
- Paediatric, Paranasal Sinus (Suspected)
- Paediatric, Pneumonia (Recurrent or Persistent)
- Paediatric, Scaphoid Fracture (Suspected)
- Paediatric, Scoliosis (Adolescent)
- Paediatric, Seizure
- Paediatric, Sinusitis (Acute)
- Paediatric, Stridor (Persistent)
- Paediatric, Urinary Tract Infection
- Paediatric, Vomiting
Trauma
Head Trauma Pathways
Musculoskeletal Trauma Pathways
- Acute Traumatic Shoulder Pain
- Ankle Injury
- Cervical Spine Injury
- Facial Trauma
- Hip Fracture (Suspected)
- Knee Pain (Post-Traumatic)
- Leg Ischaema (Acute)
- Orbital Pathology (Suspected)
- Osteoporosis (Suspected)
- Stress Fracture (Suspected)
- Thoraco-Lumbar Spine Trauma
- Wrist Fracture (Suspected)
Paediatric Trauma Pathways
- Paediatric, Elbow Injury
- Paediatric, Head Trauma
- Paediatric, Injury (Non-Accidental)
- Paediatric, Knee Pain
- Paediatric, Neck or Back Pain
- Paediatric, Scaphoid Fracture (Suspected)