Radiology Services

Carolina Ear Nose & Throat Practice brings technology closer to its patients. Carolina Ear, Nose & Throat/Head and Neck Surgery Center in Hickory became only the third ENT practice in the state to incorporate an in-office CT scanner to its clinical practice. Traditionally performed in a hospital setting, office based CT scanners are the newest…

Several of our physicians are qualified to successfully and safely perform ultrasound-guided (US) fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of thyroid nodules in the office instead of referring patients to a hospital-based radiologist for the procedure. Having an otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon perform FNAB in the office saves the patient time. Traditionally, patients were referred to a…