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অখিল ভাৰতীয় আয়ুৰ্বিজ্ঞান প্ৰতিষ্ঠান, গুৱাহাটী

अखिल भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान, गुवाहाटी

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati

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Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
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Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology, AIIMS Guwahati

The Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati, serves as an exemplary academic center focused on the progression and enhancement of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology. The department is dedicated to delivering exceptional both medical imaging therapeutic radiology care, advancing innovative research in the field, and fostering postgraduate medical education to cultivate the next generation of skilled professionals.

VISION: AMRIT

      A: Achieved International recognition by providing high standard Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology Service

      M: Medi-tourism

      R: Research

       I: Innovation

      T: Starting different Teaching programs related to Radiology to generate manpower for this country

Our goal is to establish ourselves as a globally recognized academic Radiology center and the premier Indian hub for research, innovation, education, and medi-tourism. We are committed to delivering exceptional, evidence-based, and compassionate Radiology care to our patients and the community.

MISSION:

  • AIIMS Guwahati Radiology is focused on enhancing Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology services in Northeast India.
  • Our commitment to improving clinical outcomes allows us to provide high-quality, patient-centered care.
  • We uphold the dignity of our patients, residents, trainees, and team members, fostering a culture of respect and support. By promoting collaboration both within our institution and with external partners, we cultivate an environment of excellence in research and education. This proactive approach to continuous self-improvement enables us to deliver innovative and effective care that makes a meaningful difference for our patients and their families.

OUR VALUES:

  • Respect: We embrace and inspire, diversity of opinions, acknowledge differences, and promote equity, diversity, and inclusion.
  • Integrity: We demonstrate ethical behavior, accountability, transparency, and objectivity.
  • Excellence: We educate the next generation of radiologists and innovators generate new knowledge and leverage cutting-edge technology to positively impact patient outcomes through the provision of world-class care to all.
  • Teamwork: We foster engagement, encourage multidisciplinary inclusive collaboration, and recognize that every individual counts.
  • Patient-centered Care: We support patient-centered care by conducting evidence-based research and delivering education and training guided by patient values, preferences, and needs.
  • Care and Wellbeing: We nurture a safe, compassionate workplace responsive to the individualized needs of our members.

Faculty :

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Dr. Pranjal Phukan
Professor & Head of the Department
pranjalphukan@aiimsguwahati.ac.in
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Dr. Deb Kumar Boruah
Additional Professor
debboruah@aiimsguwahati.ac.in
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Dr. Kalyan Sarma
Associate Professor
kalyansarma@aiimsguwahati.ac.in
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Dr. Prince Das
Assistant Professor
princedas@aiimsguwahati.ac.in

Workshop :

1. The Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology is excited to announce the upcoming INI Radiology Update-2025, in collaboration with the Radiological Forum of Institutes of National Importance. Mark your calendars for an enriching experience from 29 to 31 August 2025. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge; visit the conference website for further details. https://iniradiologyupdate.in/

2. The Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology is organizing the annual ISNR conference in 2027 in collaboration.

Infrastructure :

Sl. No.

Modality

Company

No of Unit

1.

Digital X-Ray 1000mA

Alleger MARS 80

1

2.

Mobile Digital X-Ray 400mA

Alleger MARS 30

4

3.

CR system

Fuji-film

1

4.

Ultrasound/Colour Doppler

Samsung HS3

2

5.

Portable USG

C1-6T, Alpinion Medical System Co. Ltd

2

6.

160 multislice helical CT system

Canon Aquilion PRIME

1

7.

3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Siemens, MAGNETOM Vida)

1

8.

DEXA System

Hologic Horizon Wi

1

9.

Biplane Digital Subtraction Angiography

Philips Azurion 7 B20/15

 

Research and Publications :

RESEARCH PROJECT:

  1. A Multi-centric Evaluation of Indian Population-Specific Tools for Antenatal Estimation of Gestational Age. Multi-centric study: PI –from AIIMS Guwahati. Funded by Grand Challenges India, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India & Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Amount: 9800,000/=)
  2. Multicentric Validation of Artificial Intelligence based Decision Support System for Early Detection of Lung Metastasis in Cancers using CT Image under Centre for Advanced Research (CAR) in Quantitative Imaging, and AI Modelling for Early Diagnostics and Prognostic Monitoring in Oncology. Funded by ICMR-CAR Project
  3. Development and Validation of AI and Multi-parametric MRI based methods and Software Solutions for Assisting Pre-operative Brain Tumour Diagnosis and Therapeutic Response Assessment under Centre for Advanced Research (CAR) in Quantitative Imaging, and AI Modeling for Early Diagnostics and Prognostic Monitoring in Oncology. ICMR-CAR Project
  4. Role of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in early detection of cervical spondylotic myelopathy with 3T MRI.
  5. Preoperative prediction of ideal volume of surgical resection in breast conserving surgery (BCS) post neoadjuvant systemic therapy using clinical, imaging, histological information and multidimensional analysis among surgically treated breast cancer patients: A pilot study
  6. ICMR’s National Hospital based Registry on Venous Thrombo-embolic Disorders at AIIMS, Guwahati/ Funded by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi / 31L
  7. Assessment of level of conus medullaris and the thecal sac of the indigenous North-East Indian population and its correlation with height of the patient-Short Terms Studentship (STS) / Funded by Department of Health Research (DHR), MoHFW /60K
  8. National Stroke Case Registry Programme in India: Development of hospital-based stroke registries in different parts of India.
  9. Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Ayurveda regimen as an adjunct to anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) and macronutrient supplementation on body weight, nutritional outcomes, and quality of life in adults with newly diagnosed drug‐sensitive smear‐positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis: An open-label randomized controlled parallel-arm clinical study. / Funded by Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences Ministry of Ayush, & Department of Biotechnology Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India/95L
  10. Morphometric analysis of lateral ventricle of brain and their indices using MRI in North-Eastern Indian Population (Institutional funded)
  11. Role of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in early detection of cervical spondylotic myelopathy with 3T MRI (Institutional funding)
  12. Assessment of osteopenia and osteoporosis and its predictors using DEXA scan amongst type II Diabetes Mellitus (Institutional Funded)

Thesis:

  1. Microstructural white matter integrity analysis of facial nerve by employing different parameters of diffusion tensor imaging in patients with Bell’s Palsy
  2. High-resolution vessel wall imaging (HR-VWI) in intracranial atherosclerotic disease: correlation with common carotid artery intima-media thickness
  3. Role of Lung MRI in Evaluation of Inflammation and Fibrosis Predominant Lesions in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Correlating with HRCT scan of Thorax
  4. Role of Dynamic Contact MR imaging in evaluation of peripheral vascular malformation based on flow dynamics

PUBLICATIONS:

Patent/Design:

  1. Gajendra Kumar Mourya, Pranjal Phukan, Sumit Kar, Raj kumar Deori, Elisha T Sangma, Paridisha Das kalyan Sarma, Deb Kumar Boruah, Medical Device for early detection of Hydrocephalus, The Patent office, Government of india, Design No 428155-001/26/08/2024

Journal article

  1. Boruah DK, Marak RR, Gogoi P, Gogoi BB, Phukan P, Sarma K, Angiras S, Ahmed H. Added Advantages of DWI MR Imaging and ADC Mapping in the Diagnosis of Active Sacroiliitis of Axial Seronegative SpA. Indian Journal of Rheumatology. 2025 Mar;20(1):9-21.
  2. Lynser D, Phukan P, Daniala C, Kakati A, Singh BK, Raphael V, Marbaniang E, Khonglah Y. Evaluation of intraventricular lesions of the CNS by MRI: A pictorial review. Journal of Global Radiology. 2025 Feb 14;11(1).
  3. Singhal M, Gupta R, Saikia B, Malviya A, Sarma A, Phukan P, Lynser D. Hemodynamics in left coronary artery with ramus intermedius: A patient-specific computational study. Physics of Fluids. 2024 Mar 1;36(3).
  4. Synmon B, Phukan P, Singh BK, Hussain M, Sharma SR, Hynniewta Y. Structural brain lesion in epilepsy patients: An experience from Northeast India. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 2023 Dec 1; 455:121582.
  5. Boruah DK, Marak R, Bhuyan D, Mazumdar H, Patgiri SJ. (2024) May Importance of 1H-MR spectroscopy of the brain to identify the minimal hepatic encephalopathy in different patients with liver cirrhosis: A prospective study. Journal of neuroscience in rural practice. 7;15(2):245–254. doi: 10.25259/JNRP_460_2023
  6. Boruah DK,Gogoi BB,Gogoi P, Roy A, Sharma T,Prakash A, Sarma K, Agarwalla R.(2025)Added Value of Cross-Sectional Imaging in Total Pancreatic Lipomatosis: An Institutional Experience from Northeast India. Govaresh /Vol.29/No.4/Winter 2025;234-242
  7. Agrawal S, Arya A, Gautam A D, Yadav RR,Singh A, Boruah D et al. (2024) Current Utility of Transgastric Percutaneous Drainage for the Management of Pancreatitis Related Retrogastric Walled-Off Necrotic Collections: A Prospective Observational Study. Cureus 16(3): e56443. DOI 10.7759/cureus.56443
  8. Lal NR, Raj G, Boruah DK, et al. (2024) Evaluation of Focal Liver Lesions using Real-Time Ultrasound. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research 2024; 16(6); 2237-2242
  9. Lal NR, Raj G, Boruah DK (2024). Comparative Analysis of Conventional Chest Radiographs and HRCT Thorax for the Assessment of Patients with Interstitial Lung Disorders. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research 2024; 16(6); 2219-2224
  10. Boruah DK, Bharadwaj R,Phukan P, Sarma K et al.  Biventricular endomyocardial fibrosis in an early middle age woman. EURORAD-D-25-00054 (Accepted for publication)

CASE REPORT:

  1. Boruah DK, Bharadwaj R, Phukan P, Sarma K, Angiras S. Biventricular endomyocardial fibrosis in an early middle-aged woman. Eurorad, 2025 Case 18951
  2. Balakrishnan MC, Bhatia A, Deka A, Shunyu BN, Phukan P. Sleep-disordered breathing due to parapharyngeal space plexiform neurofibroma in neurofibromatosis-1: a case report and literature review. The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology. 2023 Jul 18;39(1):113.
  3. Bharadwaj R, Boruah DK, Barman B, Kalita S et al.(2025) Mid-Cavitary Obstruction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM): A Rare Case Report and Management Approach. Acta Medica Lituanica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15388/Amed.2025.32.1.16

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Boruah DK, Phukan P, Sarma K. Futuristic Trends in Radiology. In: Futuristic Trends in Medical Sciences. 20th ed. Chikkamgaluru, Karnataka: Iterative International Publishers (IIP); 2024. p. 101–8. (IIP Series; vol. 3).
  2. Boruah DK, Phukan P, Sarma K. Radiology in Geriatric Patients. In: Essentials of Radiodiagnosis. 1st ed. New Delhi, Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers; 2025. p. 336–44.
  3. Bhupen Barman, KG Lynrah, Pranjal Phukan, Japanese Encephalitis, APICON Update - 2016, Chapter, 146
  4. Newme K, Boro S, Boruah D K, et al.(2024) A Rare Case of Perineurioma of the Posterior Interosseous Nerve: A Case Report. Cureus 16(12): e75856. DOI 10.7759/cureus.75856

Clinical Services :

The Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology caters the following services at present:

  • X-ray imaging: X-rays of all body parts as required can be taken. There are also 2 mobile units that are used to take X-rays of patients who cannot be moved to the X-ray unit.
  • Ultrasound Imaging: US imaging for all body parts can be carried out along with Doppler imaging for arterial and venous systems and also for visceral vessels.
  • CT Imaging: The department is equipped with a state-of-the-art CT scanner, allowing us to conduct a variety of CT studies. These include both non-contrast and contrast studies of the brain, abdomen, and lungs. We also perform Cardiac CT, coronary CT, and CT angiography for the vessels of the brain, abdomen, lungs, and peripheral arteries. The CT is equipped with sophisticated advanced software for Brain and peripheral perfusion imaging. 
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging: MR offers a wide range of diagnostic options, including both routine and advanced imaging protocols. These protocols include Cardiac MRI, Body imaging, MSK imaging, MR angiography, diffusion-weighted imaging, perfusion-weighted imaging, MR spectroscopy, diffusion tensor imaging, and functional MRI.
     
  • Interventional Radiology services:
    • ​Neuro endovascular and Interventional Radiological Procedures
      • Endovascular Angioplasty (PTA & STENTING)
      • Endovascular Thrombolysis/ thrombectomy
      • Endovascular Embolization
      • Endovascular management of Aneurysms – Coiling / Balloon assisted coiling / Stent assisted coiling / Flow diverter stent placement 
      • Embolization of intracranial AVMs
      • Embolization of VOGM
      • Embolization of Non-Galenic AV Fistulas
      • Embolization of Dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF)
      • Endovascular management of Carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF)
      • Embolization of Spinal vascular malformation.
      • Embolization of Craniofacial vascular malformation.
      • Embolization of Head & Neck Tumours
      • Embolization of Spinal tumors.
      • Endovascular Management of Epistaxis
      • Post-traumatic arteriovenous fistula
      • Traumatic arterial Injuries
      • Endovascular Treatment of Vasospasm
      • Balloon Angioplasty
      • Endovascular Blood sampling from the Inferior Petrosal sinus and cavernous sinus
  • Miscellaneous endovascular Procedure
    • Superselective Chemotherapy
    • Temporary balloon occlusion test of the internal carotid artery
    • Wada's test
    • Direct percutaneous glue injection in tumours.
  • Peripheral Endovascular and Intervention Radiological Procedures
    • Arterial Endovascular Percutaneous Transluminal non-coronary angioplasty and /or stenting of peripheral vascular occlusive disease
    • Endovascular Thrombolysis
    • Peripheral vascular occlusion
    • Acute thromboembolism
    • Vascular graft occlusion
    • Endovascular Embolization
    • Peripheral aneurysm embolization
    • Peripheral AVM embolization
    • Pulmonary AVM/AVF embolization
    • Hemoptysis treatment
    • Endovascular management of Gastro intestinal bleeding
    • Uterine artery embolization
    • Testicular vein embolization vericoceles
    • Ovarian Vein embolization
    • Endovascular management of acute haematuria
    • Endovascular Peripheral AVF Closure
    • Stent Graft placements
  • ​​Endovascular Venous Procedures
    • Superior Vena caval venoplasty and stenting
    • Inferior Vena cava venoplasty and stenting
    • Inferior Vena cava filter placement for deep vein thrombosis
    • Varicose vein ablation using laser or radio frequency and intravenous glue spray
  • Non- Vascular Intervention
    • Musculoskeletal procedure and Backache Management
    • Percutaneous vertebroplasty
    • Laser ablation of osteoid osteoma
    • Trachea Bronchial Procedures
    • Tracheal stenting
    • Laser ablation of bronchial/liver tumours
    • Biopsy of lung, mediastinum, and chest wall
  • Miscellaneous Procedures
    • Laser of RF ablation of tumours of liver, bone, lung, and other organs.
    • Abscess drainage
    • Retrieval of foreign bodies
    • Biopsy of an abdominal lesion
    • CT/US guided aspiration
    • CT/US guided needle biopsy
    • Hepatobiliary Intervention
      • PTBD
      • Billary stenting
    • Renal intervention:
      • Percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN)
  • Emergency Procedures
    • Thrombolysis of Acute stroke syndrome
    • Acute tumour bleeding
    • Acute epistaxis
    • Intracranial Aneurysmal Bleed
    • Treatment of cerebral Vasospasm
    • Angioplasty of vasospasm
    • Posttraumatic facial or nasal bleeding
    • Carotid and vertebral injury embolization
    • Acute Gastrointestinal bleeding
    • Embolization of acute haematuria
    • Embolization of Primary or secondary Postpartum bleeding
    • Embolization Acute bleeding from gynaecological Malignancy
    • Embolization Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
    • Embolization Acute bleeding from Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
    • Embolization of Aortopulmonary collaterals in emergency for congenital heart disease
  • Interventional Radiology ward:

The Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology runs a 5-bed indoor for Interventional Radiology patients. 

Teaching & Training :

The department is proud to offer a range of academic programs designed to advance expertise in the field of Medical Imaging and Radiology.
These programs include:

  • DM in Neuroimaging & Interventional Radiology
  • MD in Radiodiagnosis
  • Ph.D. in Medical Imaging & Interventional Technology

We are committed to providing high-quality education and training to prepare students for successful careers in these vital areas of healthcare.