
Kechagias Dimitrios Radiologist
Associate Director, CT- MRI HYGEIA HospitalEducation & Academic Qualifications
- 1984-1990 Aristotelian University, School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.΄Graduate of Greek Armed Forces Corps Officers School, Thessaloniki.
Education:
- Resident in Radiology in the Department of Radiology,401 Army General Hospital, Athens. (1/12/93 –15/1/95)
- Resident in Radiology in Athens University, Department of Radiology,Areteion Hospital (16/1/95 –27/5/99)
- Fellowship in CT and MRI, OSU Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA (1/9/2000-28/2/2002)
- Fellowship in Interventional Radiology, St Thomas and Guy’s Hospitals, London , UK (1/3/2002-30/8/2002)
Doctoral thesis
Diagnostic efficacy and safety of iv administration of MR contrast media SHU 555 Α in patients with focal liver lesions
Fellowship in Societies, Membership in Journal Editorial Committees
Hellenic Radiological Society
American Roentgen Ray Society
Work Experience
Consultant Radiologist, Department of Radiology, 401 Army General Hospital. (1/9/2002-2009)
Consultant Radiologist, CT and MRI Department, Hygeia Hospital (2004-now)
Εducation Experience:
Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiography TEI of Athens
Clinical & Research Interest
Clinical Interest:
Neuroradiology
Musculoskeletal system
GI system
Research interest:
New MRI techniques
Books
D. KECHAGIAS “CT and CT Colonography” in Imaging in Clinical Oncology, Springer, 2013 p 423-427
D. KECHAGIAS- F. LASPAS Imaging of pancreatic cystic neoplasms Pancreatic cystic neoplasms Springer 2015 p 37-52
Recent Publications
Laspas, F., Roussakis, A., Papadopoulos, S., Fanariotis, I., Kritikos, N., Kehagias, D. Mixed tumor of the vagina: Sonographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2010 35 (5), pp. 617-619
Laspas, F., Tsantioti, D., Roussakis, A., Kritikos, N., Efthimiadou, R., Kehagias, D., Andreou, J. Correlation of radiation dose and heart rate in dual-source computed tomography coronary angiography. Acta radiologica 2011; 52 (3), pp. 273-277.
Lavdas E, Mavroidis P, Kostopoulos S, Kechagias D Improvement of image quality using BLADE sequences in brain MR imaging Magnetic resonance imaging 2013; 31(2): 189-200