Medical Centre
Diagnostic
Kraków 265 Wielicka Street

About the facility

The University Children’s Hospital in Kraków is home to the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit, which is equipped with two 1.5 Tesla MRI systems. The unit was established in 2006 and, from the very beginning, has employed radiologists with the most extensive experience in Małopolska in magnetic resonance imaging diagnostics, all of whom have been trained at European centres. Owing to its location, the centre specialises in MRI scans for children, whilst also carrying out scans for adults, as well as prenatal and perinatal scans. The range of procedures on offer covers MRI of the nervous, musculoskeletal, digestive and genitourinary systems. At the same time, it is a leading centre in the development of new MRI techniques – it was here that the first protocols in Kraków and the Małopolska region were developed for modern intestinal examinations (MRI enterography), whole-body imaging (whole-body MRI), and the diagnosis of perianal fistulas and rectal cancer. 

Pracownia dysponuje wysokopolowymi aparatami MR firmy GE, które oprócz nowych rozwiązań diagnostycznych umożliwiają zwiększenie komfortu pacjenta podczas badania – duża średnica otworu i technologia ograniczenia emisji hałasu pomagają w eliminowaniu dyskomfortu i niepokoju pacjenta.

an experienced and specialised team of doctors, technicians and nurses

18 years’ experience in paediatric diagnostics

18 letnie doświadczenie w wykonywaniu badań farmaceutycznych

What tests do we carry out?

In addition to a full range of diagnostic imaging services covering the nervous system, the musculoskeletal system, and abdominal and pelvic conditions, we also carry out highly specialised examinations.

Nasza pracownia ma największe w Małopolsce doświadczenie w diagnostyce dzieci i wcześniaków.

For the past 18 years, we have been collaborating with leading clinical research centres in the fields of: multiple sclerosis imaging, Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and liver elastography. 

Do we carry out tests on children?

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) – yes – from the age of 6.

Notes:
For the scan to be carried out, the child must be able to lie still and remain motionless for the entire duration of the procedure. The scan is performed without general anaesthesia – this type of anaesthesia may only be administered by an anaesthesia team. The decision to administer a contrast agent is made by the radiologist on a case-by-case basis.

Teams 

MEDICAL MANAGER: dr hab. med. Izabela Herman-Sucharska, profesor UJ

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER: Dominika Bednarska

How to get there

You can get to the University Children’s Hospital using public transport operated by MPK Kraków S.A.

You should get off at the bus stop: Prokocim Hospital

By bus

• Linie autobusowe: 133,  144, 153, 163, 173,  204, 224, 244, 274, 301, 304, 503, 513

By tram

• Tram routes: 3, 9, 13, 49, 69

TU Here is the current list of tram and bus routes serving the stop near the hospital. The name of the stop is: PROKOCIM SZPITAL