Medical Imaging
(x-rays and scans)
Our Medical Imaging Department provides the following services:
- General x-ray (including OPG) and mobile radiography
- Ultrasound
- Computerised Tomography (CT) scanning
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mobile fluoroscopy within theatre
How to access this service
To access this service, your Metro North medical practitioner will need to send a referral letter to the hospital.
Once we have received your Medical Imaging referral, you will receive an appointment booking letter or we will contact you to arrange a suitable time for your appointment.
What to bring
- Your Medicare card
- Private health insurance card (if you have one)
- Health Care Card and/or concession card (if you have one)
- Current medications (prescription, over the counter and herbal medicine)
- Relevant x-rays, scans or any other test results or reports
- Glasses, hearing and mobility aids
- Your appointment letter
- Any special items listed on your letter
- WorkCover claim number (if relevant)
- Snacks, a drink or money to buy refreshments
- Something to read or do while you wait
Contact us
Location: STARS, 296 Herston Road, Herston
Phone: (07) 3647 7111
Need help outside hours?
For non-urgent medical issues call 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84) or visit your GP.
In an emergency call 000.
Health professionals
We provide imaging service for inpatients at STARS and outpatients living in the local community and across Queensland. If a service cannot be provided at STARS, e.g. procedures under sedation, it will be referred to the RBWH.
Our medical imagine department consists of:
- 1 MRI scanners
- 2 CT scanners
- 3 ultrasound and women’s imaging rooms
- 2 X-ray rooms
- 1 OPG unit